A 60-year-old bachelor, Segun Benson, has been
accused of raping a 14-year-old primary school
pupil in Agege.
Segun, the only surviving child of his mother
who has refused to be married, was said to
have lured the girl into his room with N50 where
he forcefully had a canal knowledge of her.
Narrating her gory experience, the victim said, “I
am in primary six. On Friday, he gave me N50 to
buy sweet for myself. He then asked me to
caress his private parts. When I told him I would
tell my daddy, he said I should not go home.
“He took me to his house around Railway Line
where he raped me. I was there from 3pm till
around 7pm. I started bleeding from his house
and when I got home the blood did not stop.
But I kept it secret until Saturday when people
saw it.”
The victim’s mother, Taibat narrated how she
found out.
“I have seven kids and she is the third child. I
was sleeping when people called me that my
daughter had been raped. I have never met the
man before though he lives on the street. The
government should take over the case and do
what is right.”
A resident who raised the alarm when she saw
the girl bleeding added her side of the story, “I
saw her writhing in pain in a bathroom. She said
she wanted to defecate, but I saw blood coming
out of her private parts. “I raised the alarm and
when other people arrived at the scene, she said
it was Segun that raped her.”
A relative, Okunloye Kehinde, said the victim’s
private parts had been damaged. “I got a call
around 2pm that fateful Saturday. When I got
there, I saw a crowd of people around her. I saw
a container filled with blood. Even her clothes
were drenched in blood.”
But the victims ,mother was seen pleading for
help. She said Segun is her only surviving child.
“Segun is my only child. I had four other children
and they are all dead. He is the reason for my
living. I don’t know why he did what he did.
“Each time I tried to get him a wife, he refused
and told me he was old enough to look for a
woman for himself. He said that many times
without getting a wife. Please help me because
he’s my hope.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations
Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, said the case had been
transferred to the State Criminal Investigation
Department, Yaba.
