The suspect
A 28-year-old fashion designer has been beaten up by a mob on Mosaku Street, in the Oshodi area of Lagos State, for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl. For allegedly r*ping a 2-year-old girl, an angry mob on Mosaku Street, in the Oshodi area of Lagos State, on Sunday at about 5pm, thoroghly beat up a 28-year-old fashion designer, identified as Ituah who was later dragged to the Akinpelu Police Division.
According to a report by Punch Metro, the suspect was caught by a neighbour while allegedly r*ping the victim. The neighbour reportedly alerted the girl’s mother identified as Mrs. Ajibade who had gone to the toilet to urinate and left the girl in the corridor.
It was gathered that the victim was said to have gone to play with Ituah, who has a shop in front of the victim’s house, when the suspect allegedly r*ped her.
A neighbour reportedly caught the fashion designer and raised the alarm, which attracted a mob who reportedly beat up the suspect before dragging him to the police station.
The victim’s mother disclosed that she left the girl in the corridor so that she would not play with electric appliances in the sitting room. “It was around 5pm on Sunday that the incident happened. We live in a face-me-I-face-you house. The suspect has a shop in front of our house.
“I went to the toilet and returned without seeing my daughter in the corridor. I had left her in the corridor because I did not want her to play with electric sockets in the house.
“When I came back, I could not find her. I did not know she was with the fashion designer. When my girl was brought from the shop, she just pointed to her private parts and cried, ‘Ituah, Ituah’.
“That was how I examined her pants and discovered that she had been raped. We were at the Mirabel Centre on Monday for a checkup. She is gradually responding to treatment.
“The suspect’s family members are putting pressure on us. We do not want any case on the matter,” she said.
Speaking with a correspondent, Child Protection Network coordinator in the Oshodi area, Ebenezer Omejalile, said the suspect confessed to have inserted his fingers into the two-year-old’s private parts, but denied raping her.
“The suspect denied having an intercourse with the girl. He was the only one in the shop. He later told the girl’s mother that he only inserted his fingers into the girl’s private parts.
“The shop is closed down as we speak. The suspect has been moved from the division to the command headquarters,” he said.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed Ituah’s arrest saying, “He is in custody at the gender unit of the command headquarters. Investigation is ongoing into the matter.”
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