25 Year Old Man Rapes A 3-Year Old Girl In Lagos

Little Chinansa (pseudonym) lost
her innocence to a neighbour, who
stole her virginity under the pretext of being a friend.

Though in kindergarten class two,
Chinansa vividly recalled how she
was allegedly defiled by 25-year-
old Hamzat Afeez, a painter who
lived in her parents’ house.

During a visit to the residence on
Remi Ogunjimi Street, in the
Egbeda area of Lagos State, the
minor told PUNCH Metrohow Afeez
raped her and afterwards washed
her pants to get rid of blood stains
that came out of her private parts.
She said, “AZ (Afeez) took my
sister inside his room and I
followed him inside.

AZ now removed my pants and put his thing in my bum-bum (private
parts).

“Then blood came out on the bed.
He now washed my pants. He now
said he wanted to go and bath. I
now went out and told my
mummy. When my daddy came
back, I also told my daddy. ”

The victim’s father, Mr. Okechukwu, said his worry was how the memory of the incident would not hunt his daughter in the future.

The Ebonyi State indigene said his
daughter’s health had deteriorated,
adding that she had not been the
same since the incident.

He said, “I have two kids. She is
my first child, while I also have an
eight-month-old girl. On the
fateful day, I was at work on the
Island when my wife called me
around 2pm and told me the
story.

“She said she was washing some
clothes when AZ came out and
asked to carry Ngozi, her baby, to
relieve her of the stress.

Chinansa is fond of her sister and
she always followed her wherever
she went. So, she followed AZ
inside his room. It was when she
came out that she told her mother
that ‘AZ did rubbish to me’. She
told me the same story. ”

He said he had to control his
temper after hearing the story from
her daughter to avoid taking the
law into his hand.

The furniture maker, after waiting
till the following day, reported the
matter at the Gowon Estate Police
Station, just as the police came and
arrested the suspect.

Okechukwu, however, said he lost
his peace since then, as other
neighbours and relatives of the
suspects, began begging him to let
the matter rest and urge the police
to release Afeez.

Our correspondent was shown an
affidavit sworn to by Okechukwu,
saying he was made to accept
money from the suspect for the
treatment of his daughter.

An undertaken, signed by Afeez, a
copy of which was sighted by our
correspondent, also showed the
suspect agreeing to pay the sum of
N100, 000 for the medical treatment of Chinansa.

Okechukwu said the suspect later
said he could only afford to pay
N40, 000 for the treatment.

“There is no remorse in that guy.
He has not approached me or my
wife to beg for forgiveness.

A policeman, who observed his
behaviour while at the station, said
he might be a cultist and his gang
probably wanted to use my daughter’s blood for ritual purpose.

“That thought has kept me troubled
and I am uncomfortable with my
girl’s health condition.

I don’t care what the government does with the suspect, all I want is help for my girl,” he added.

When contacted, the suspect denied
the allegation.

In a telephone interview with our
correspondent, Afeez, whom PUNCH Metro learnt had been released on bail, said he did not sleep with the victim, adding that he was only being framed up.

“Look, I did not do anything with
the girl. Everything that happened
still looks like a dream to me.

I don’t want anything that will put
me in trouble and my neighbours
can attest to it.

Only God knows best; I have handed them over to God,” he said.

When contacted, the Police Public
Relations Officer, Lagos State
Command, Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident.

He said, “They are neighbours and
it happened in their house.

The matter will be transferred to the
State Criminal Investigation Department any moment from now.

The suspect took ill and he was
allowed to go and treat himself.
The father of the girl also travelled.
Whenever he returns, the case will
be taken to the SCID.

The the right thing will be done, the
girl has gone through all the
necessary medical tests.”

Source: PunchNg