Policemen attached to Adeniji Adele division have arrested a
22-year-old man who alleged kidnapped and raped a student of the
University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, for turning down his advances.
The suspect, Babajide Bashorun, was also alleged to have taken nude
shots of his victim (names withheld) and pasted them on the internet
with her real name, school, department and age.
But the suspect in an interview with Vanguard claimed that the lady was
his girlfriend. He admitted to have taken her nude pictures and gave
them to his friends whose identities he gave as Aje Mayowa and Babajide
Ademuyiwa, both final year students of Architecture also of UNILAG.
The incident, as gathered, occurred two months ago at 1, Ajose
Street, Enu-Owa area of Lagos Island. But the female undergraduate was
silent over the matter until her relations abroad who stumbled on the
nude pictures on the internet contacted her mother in Nigeria, last
week.
How it started
Narrating how the incident occurred, the female undergraduate said:
“Babajide came to our house to treat our dog. In the process, he
requested for my phone number and I reluctantly gave him. He started
calling me and told me he would like to go out with me.
“But I told him I already had a boyfriend whom I loved. Yet, he kept
calling me, saying he was not interested in just going out with me but
wanted to marry me. Aside that, he kept monitoring my movements and at a
point, I deleted his contact on my phone.
“I was returning home for a weekend in April , a car stopped by my
side at Idumota bus-stop. Jide was sitting beside a driver who was
unknown to me.
“On sighting him, I walked past. But the next thing he did was to
hold me by the hand, dragged me into the car and drove to his house.
“When he got home, he started beating me and tore my clothes, asking
what I wanted that he could not give me. He instructed me to unlock my
phone and when he discovered that I used my boyfriend’s name as
password, he resumed the beating.
“At a point, he gave me his phone to speak with some of his friends
who told me I was in for trouble, for turning down a member of their
unnamed cult, threatening that they would kill me for treating him
shabbily.
“Thereafter, he raped me and when he was done, his friend took his
turn despite my plea. When he saw I was bleeding, he stopped and started
begging me. At that point, he brought out his phone and started taking
my nude pictures. I made attempt to cover my face but he hit me on the
head with a bottle and continued taking the shots.
How I escaped
“I begged him to allow me call my mother to give him some money for
my release but he refused. I also appealed to him to delete my pictures
when he started begging me.
“I stayed in that room all night till the next day when he went out
to get me some drugs. Immediately he stepped out, I tried the door and
discovered it was not locked from outside. I quickly changed into one of
my dirty clothes in my bag and escaped.
“But I could not tell anyone at home. When my elder brother asked
what the problem was on seeing the blood stained clothes, I told him I
was involved in an accident and when my mother insisted on knowing what
the problem was, I told her I fought with a course mate. She insisted on
going to school with me on seeing the magnitude of the injury but I
prevented her.
“Barely had I settled down than Babjide called, threatening to kill
me if I disclosed what happened to anyone. As if that was not enough,
his friends also called and threatened me as well.”
She is my girlfriend — Suspect
However, on his part, Babjide claimed that the undergraduate was his
girlfriend, adding that they only had a fight on that fateful day.
Expressing shock over his arrest, he said: “She is my girlfriend. We only fought in April and have resolved the matter.
“What led to the fight was her request for money to buy an IPad which
cost over N100,000. Because of my love for her, I managed to raise
N70,000. She visited me on that day and I advised her to change her way
of living which included going to club .
I also accused her of flirting with other men. Along the line, we
started fighting and I used a mop stick to hit her and in the process ,
took shots of her and sent the pictures to my friends. But I did not
tell them to paste the pictures on the internet.”
Police sources hinted that efforts were on to arrest Mayowa and
Ademuyiwa alleged to have pasted the victim’s nude pictures on the
internet, while Babajide had been charged to court for kidnapping, rape,
conspiracy, attempt to commit murder, indecent assault, and assault
occasioning harm.
So Bad!!!!!!!!1
Culled From Unilag Olodo
