Sad:three men gang raped 15 yrs old girl

Three men have allegedly gang-raped a 15-year old
girl at the Ikorodu area of Lagos, as the police are
alleged to be threatening the victim’s parents to settle
the matter out of court.
The state government had earlier blamed the police
for frustrating rape cases by threatening victims and
their families to withdraw their cases. Two of the men
have been arraigned at one of the newly established
Family Courts in Ikeja for allegedly raping the girl.
The suspects are being tried by the Lagos State
Office of the Public Defender, OPD, while the third
suspect is still at large. It was learnt that the victim
was lured to No 23, Fola Mustapha Street, in Ajegunle
area of Ikorodu by her classmate (name withheld), a
16-year old girl, on the pretext that she wanted to
return a text book which she had earlier borrowed
from the victim.
The victim was deceived by her friend who had
already arranged with the three suspected rapists to
have sex with her forcefully. The three suspects;
Yusuf Mohammed, Rasheed Oyedepo and Tunde were
alleged to have inflicted bodily injury on the girl
(name withheld).
It was gathered that the raped girl’s friend
deliberately delayed her classmate for hours and
enabled the heinous crime by putting on the
generator set, on the pretext that she needed to
charge her phone.
According to the OPD , the victim wanted to take her
leave in annoyance when it was getting too late for
the her to return home, but her friend told her to wait
for a while before taking her to a new room where she
was raped in turns by the gang.
While taking turns to rape the girl, the noise from the
generator and the music they were playing prevented
the people outside from hearing the screaming and
wailing of the girl. On getting home in a bad
condition, the girl’s mother took her to a private clinic
for medical attention.
She was taken to Ikorodu General Hospital for proper
medical treatment, where it was discovered that her
womb had been tampered with at the private clinic.
The victim was in a critical condition as she was
admitted in the hospital for three days while
undergoing blood transfusion. A new twist has,
however, been added to the story as the police has
transferred the suspects, whose cases are already in
court, to the State Criminal Investigation Department,
SCID, Panti for investigation, an act the OPD
described as unlawful.
It was gathered that the police had gone to the girl’s
family threatening the mother for taking the case to
OPD, after which they transferred the suspects to
SCID, Panti. It would be recalled that the government
has established a clinic where DNA tests will be
conducted on rape victims and suspected rapists to
enhance prosecution of the cases.