Saturday, 5 October 2013

22-Year-Old Man Rapes 3-Yr-Old Deaf & Dumb Girl

There's nothing as terrible as finding out your three-year-old daughter has been raped by a 22-year-old man, this is the case of  Mrs Kafayat Abiola who found out about her daughter's rape last week and reported it to the police.

According to the mother of the three-year-old girl who resides at Baba Isale Compound, Kudeti area, Ibadan, the suspect took advantage of the little girl’s’ condition to perpetrate the evil act. 
She added that when the girl’s behaviour was abnormal, she tried to confirm her strange reaction where the girl was able to narrate what happened.

On sensing the development, Mrs Abiola was said to have raised the alarm and reported the matter to the police. The victim was then taken to the Adeoyo Hospital, Yemetu, Ibadan,  where medical examination was conducted on the girl and penetration was confirmed.

The suspect, Chukwu, sources informed, is currently undergoing interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Iyaganku, Ibadan.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Police Commnad, DSP Olabisi Clet-
Ilobanafor, said the incident was a sad and unfortunate one.

“The suspect committed a crime against a minor and a physically challenged person. He will be charged to court after preliminary investigation has been conducted and if the court finds him culpable, he has to face the music.”

A human rights activist with the Child Protection Network, an NGO based in Ibadan, who preferred anonymity, linked the menace to the high divorce rate in the society. According to him, many couples had abandoned their vulnerable children to be raped by idle men.

“I will also advise our girls to shun provocative dresses,” he said.

He called for the collaboration of all stakeholders, urging them to be vigilant and to report suspected rapists. He also called on the police and the courts to urgently tackle the numerous rape cases on ground.

“If we have quick dispensation of rape cases, it would discourage the offenders,” he said.
Grace Akinsehinwa, prosecutor and an Assistant Superintendent of Police, who has prosecuted many rape cases in Ibadan, blamed many parents and guardians, whose children and wards have been defiled or raped, for not pursuing their cases to logical conclusion.

She added that those parents and guardians would rather prefer to keep mute than expose those involved, all in the name of protecting the minor’s future.

She noted that the Nigeria Police had been educating parents, guardians and women on the readiness of the police to assist them in the prosecution of cases. DSP Olabisi Clet-Ilobanafor, the 
Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, condemned the act, saying that men who engaged in the act had fallen below the animal level.


Clet-Ilobanafor, however, said that the command would soon begin a Police community outreach programme against rape. She said, “The programme, when it starts, would aim at enlightening girls on how to avoid being raped by men.”

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