I really hope that justice will prevail. Below is Daniel Okereke, the alleged rapist.
Via. Vanguard
November 6, 2014 was like every other day for 300 level
student of Computer Science (names withheld) at the University of Lagos, Akoka
Yaba. As the ailing student who managed to attend lectures stepped
into her apartment located at Moremi hall, never in her wildest imagination did
she envisage she would end up being a victim of rape.
However, the signal of an
imminent emotional and psychological trauma reared up after one Daniel Okereke,
a man that had reportedly being wooing her since last month, came visiting.
Without any inkling of an apparent sinister motive, the undergraduate was said
to have reluctantly left to attend to her visitor,who upon seeing her
condition, opted to take her to a pharmaceutical store around Akoka to get some
drugs.Not yet done with his show of concern, the visitor
reportedly took the female student to an eatery, so that she could eat before
taking the drugs. Thereafter, he reportedly took her to his abode at Mende,
Mariland where he allegedly ended up raping her.Narrating her ordeal to the
police, the student who had marks of strings on her back, hands and
legs , narrated how she narrowly escaped being murdered by Okereke, in her bid
to free herself from his grips.According to her:
“ When he came visiting, I
never knew he had something sinister in his mind until we got to his
place. At the eatery, he ordered that the food be made take-away and
asked me to go eat it in his place and at the same time rest before taking me
back to the hostel.Immediately we entered the room, he secured the door and I
had supper and later asked to be taken back . But he said he must
have sex with me. I tried to appeal to him to consider my state of health and
take me back to campus.Before I knew what was happening, he started beating me,
forcing to have his way. As if that was not enough, he called in seven guards
in the compound who assisted him and tied me down.
He thereafter,
went into his kitchen and brought out a knife, threatening to kill me if I
resisted. He took me to one of the rooms where he brought out a condom and
raped me.Crime Guard gathered that when the 23 year-old lady was untied, she
went violent and started shattering every property she could lay her hands on.
In the process, one of the objects she allegedly threw out of the window,
landed on a vehicle belonging to one of the tenants, smashing its windscreen.
That attracted neighbours.The case was reported at Area ‘F’ Ikeja , following
which Okereke was arrested .
During interrogation, he reportedly claimed to be
nephew of a former Director -General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange NSE
and cousin to a front-line Nollywood actress who ironically has a foundation
which promotes the well being of women.He was said to have been released on
bail, an action the victim frowned out. The case was thereafter transferred to
the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID Panti, where the 36-year-old
Okereke was rearrested.
He reportedly claimed that the victim destroyed his
property , an action that was engendered by the violence meted to her. Okereke
was charged to court Thursday.Equally charged was Idris Abubakar, the security
guard who allegedly assisted Okereke to tie up the victim.
They claimed not guilty and were granted bail, while the matter was adjourned
till January 9, 2015, for trial.
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