Physinews: The police in Lagos State have arrested a man,
identified only as Nathaniel, for allegedly
drugging and raping his 14-year-old
housemaid in the Ikotun area of Lagos state In Nigeria.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Nathaniel, who stayed
on Ajisegiri Street, in the Egbe area, was
arrested by the Ikotun Police Division on
Sunday.
It was gathered that the suspect allegedly lured
his housemaid, Chinwe (pseudonym), with a
cup of juice penultimate Monday, which
contained a sedative.
The two persons were reportedly alone in the
apartment on the day.
The victim, who is an orphan, was brought
from a village in the south eastern part of
Nigeria to work in Nathaniel’s house.
It was said that when she woke up, she found
that she was Unclad.
She also reportedly found Fluid in her private
parts.
Our correspondent gathered that after the
incident, Chinwe fled the house, dropping a
letter for the suspect’s wife to intimate her on
the sexual abuse she (Chinwe) had allegedly
suffered.
It was learnt that the teenager also confided in
a neighbour, who is a pastor in the area.
The pastor was said to have informed a child
rights’ organisation, which in turn reported at a
police station.
In the letter obtained by PUNCH Metro, Chinwe
wrote that she did not want to return to the
house as she was fed up with sexual abuses
allegedly by Nathaniel.
She said, “Dear aunty, I want to go. I am
suffering here. Look at what your husband has
been doing to me. The last time that he did it,
he gave me a drink and I did not know that he
purposely gave me that drink so that I could
fall asleep.
“It was when I woke up that I now found myself
Unclad. I now saw white thing on my laps. This
is what he was doing to me the other time that
I told you that I wanted to go. I do not want to
cause trouble for you. Please, call my brother
to come and take me away. I want to go and I
do not want to stay here again.”
A source with the Child Protection Network,
where the pastor reported the case, said, “The
man is over 40 years old. He employed the
victim as a domestic help.
“He had been sexually abusing the 14-year-
old victim. On that Monday, he drugged her
juice. That day was a public holiday. When she
slept off, he raped her.
“She ran away from the house, because she
did not want trouble for the man’s wife.
Nathaniel has been arrested by the police. The
Family Support Unit of the police is handling
the matter.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,
SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed Nathaniel’s
arrest.
She said, “The state Commissioner of Police,
Fatai Owoseni, has directed that the case be
charged to court.”
identified only as Nathaniel, for allegedly
drugging and raping his 14-year-old
housemaid in the Ikotun area of Lagos state In Nigeria.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Nathaniel, who stayed
on Ajisegiri Street, in the Egbe area, was
arrested by the Ikotun Police Division on
Sunday.
It was gathered that the suspect allegedly lured
his housemaid, Chinwe (pseudonym), with a
cup of juice penultimate Monday, which
contained a sedative.
The two persons were reportedly alone in the
apartment on the day.
The victim, who is an orphan, was brought
from a village in the south eastern part of
Nigeria to work in Nathaniel’s house.
It was said that when she woke up, she found
that she was Unclad.
She also reportedly found Fluid in her private
parts.
Our correspondent gathered that after the
incident, Chinwe fled the house, dropping a
letter for the suspect’s wife to intimate her on
the sexual abuse she (Chinwe) had allegedly
suffered.
It was learnt that the teenager also confided in
a neighbour, who is a pastor in the area.
The pastor was said to have informed a child
rights’ organisation, which in turn reported at a
police station.
In the letter obtained by PUNCH Metro, Chinwe
wrote that she did not want to return to the
house as she was fed up with sexual abuses
allegedly by Nathaniel.
She said, “Dear aunty, I want to go. I am
suffering here. Look at what your husband has
been doing to me. The last time that he did it,
he gave me a drink and I did not know that he
purposely gave me that drink so that I could
fall asleep.
“It was when I woke up that I now found myself
Unclad. I now saw white thing on my laps. This
is what he was doing to me the other time that
I told you that I wanted to go. I do not want to
cause trouble for you. Please, call my brother
to come and take me away. I want to go and I
do not want to stay here again.”
A source with the Child Protection Network,
where the pastor reported the case, said, “The
man is over 40 years old. He employed the
victim as a domestic help.
“He had been sexually abusing the 14-year-
old victim. On that Monday, he drugged her
juice. That day was a public holiday. When she
slept off, he raped her.
“She ran away from the house, because she
did not want trouble for the man’s wife.
Nathaniel has been arrested by the police. The
Family Support Unit of the police is handling
the matter.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,
SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed Nathaniel’s
arrest.
She said, “The state Commissioner of Police,
Fatai Owoseni, has directed that the case be
charged to court.”
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