The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 37-year-old man, Ajibola Idowu, for allegedly kidnapping the daughter of his landlord for three years. The suspect was also said to have forcefully impregnated the victim, Modupe Brown, during captivity.
The police told a source that after Brown had given birth to the child, Ajibola refused to allow the child access to immunisation.
As a result, the child was said to have contracted polio disease and subsequently became crippled.
Lagos Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, told sources that Ajibola, was arrested along with his mother, Ebun, who allegedly conspired with him to commit the act.
He said, “Brown, a 400 level student of Business Administration at the Lagos State University, was kidnapped by Ajibola who kept her in captivity with his family for “three years between 2010 and 2013.
“On September 19, 2013, policemen from Area E Command, went to the Sagamu area of Ogun State to rescue the victim and also arrested the mother of the abductor, who watched over the victim. Ajibola was later arrested in the Idumota area of Lagos Island.
“During the three years, Ajibola kept Brown in three locations -Oshogbo, Osun State, where she spent six months; Bariga, Lagos, where she spent six months; and Sagamu, Ogun State, where she spent about two years.
“Ajibola forcefully impregnated Brown while in captivity. She delivered a baby girl, who later became deformed as a result of Ajibola’s refusal to have the baby immunised against the Polio virus.”
While speaking with our correspondent, Brown described her ordeal in the hands of her abductor as a journey through the valley of the shadow of death. She said she was abducted at her father’s house in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State.
She said, “I can’t even remember how he kidnapped me. All I know is that he held me captive for three years. It’s as if I was under a spell. Even when I was going to give birth, he did not allow me to go to a hospital. The baby was delivered at home and he was the one giving me medication.
“Even one day, when state officials came to the area to immunise children, he said he would not allow the child to be immunised, saying the drugs had been poisoned. Once, when I tried to leave, he threatened to kill me.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that during her time in captivity, the victim’s parents, who are retired civil servants, searched hospitals, mortuaries, police stations and churches for her all to no avail.
The victim’s father, Idowu Brown, said he had no clue that Ajibola was the abductor. He said, “I never knew it was Ajibola that kidnapped my daughter. He was my tenant for six years and greeted me every day. We even used to share jokes. He was aware that I had been looking “for my daughter for three years but he never said anything.
“When we could not find her, I reported the matter at FESTAC Police Division. It was in September this year that we heard from our daughter for the first time. She told us that she was in Sagamu and my wife went there.
“There we met Ajibola’s mother. That was how we found out that he (tenant) was the one behind the whole thing.”
The suspects however denied abducting the landlord’s daughter. Ajibola’s mother claimed her son and Brown were lovers, who decided to elope, maintaining that the case was not an abduction.
She said, “They were lovers. I never got involved in their matter until the child was born. I went to stay with them for about seven months to take care of the child, who was very ill. A few months after I left, they moved in with me at my three-bedroom house at Sagamu because they had been evicted.
“Ajibola was not staying with us because his business was in Lagos but I was with Brown “most of the time. Many times, I would ask her about her parents and when I could meet them but she kept on giving silly excuses until the day her mother came to my house with policemen.”
Ajibola, who is into satellite dish installation, said the plan to elope was hatched by Brown who paid N200, 000 into his bank account. The money was said to have been meant for her school project.
He said he could not understand why she would make such allegations against him.
“I did not kidnap her; we were lovers and decided to elope. Even when she was at my house, she used to make calls to her relatives telling them that she was alright,” he said.
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"Forcefully impregneted" !!!!!! Dont you mean RAPED.
ReplyDeleteKidnap ke! This is quite different from the case in America. How can Brown claim kidnap when she was staying with her mother in -law and was even free to see immunization officials.Brown is a case of hyper- sexy girls who elop with their lovers against all advice and decides to live in fools paradise.Now her eyes don
ReplyDeleteclear and reality has downed on her. She bi them don enjoy themselves finish. A beg joo leave Idowu alone.Kidnap ko Kidnap Ni!. So the girl could not raise alarm for three years even when she has been moving from Bariga to Oshogbo and so on. The only thing is for Idowu to pay the pride price and marry her officially but may the parents objected to the union initially.
True talk. I guess thinhs were not as rosy as she had expected it to be. She was not chained or lock in a room. Maybe she even goes to the market everyday. The story said she eventually called her parents three years after, meaning she could have called them earlier if truely she was being held against her will. The Niageria Police will never do proper investigation to unravell the truth.
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ReplyDeleteLies and Deceits Reign Supreme whenever Things Fall Apart betwwen Couples. Especially when one of the couple's family is actively involved in the Crash Conspiracy.
I know and believe that the Police theory is Half truth, and is most likely sponsored by the lady's family to deal with their daughter's spouse especially because they don't want him to marry their 'investment' - graduate child.
Just thinking ...
We all can't be decieved!
Abeg, free the poor man jooor.
Why would a grown up man put a lady in a family way without involving the family of the lady? The mother failed in her leadership responsibility. Being an older African woman, she should have raised the alarm much earlier that such a thing is not done in Africa. Elders in the guy's family should have made entreaties to the lady's family if it was a case of their non-consent to their relationship, and with time, reason would prevail. Eloping or whatever is alien to our culture, and you'll certainly get this kind of treatment from police if you do what they don't do.
ReplyDeletethis is husband and wife matter. The parents should asked for bride price instead of cliaming kidnap.
ReplyDeleteI agree with u, instead of exposing what both parent should be ashamed of.
Deleteboth the lady's parent and our Nigerian police men were thieves
ReplyDeleteThe parent of that girl are shameless, they should have treated this matter within themselves that is the parent of the young man and the lady's parent. What's the point of the arrest, the question mumu naija police should be asking are; were u drugged? did he beat her up, was she chained to a bed post etc. Na them sabi sef
ReplyDeleteMUMU NPF! How is this ABDUCTION? A mature miss Brown ELOPED with her SUGAR CANE & U're accusing Mr AJIBOLA of KIDNAPPING her. Anyway, I'm not SURPRISED when Ur DPO/IPO/RECRIUT have received BRIBE from Mr BROWN.
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@8:38am i quite agree wit u. The parent of the lady just want 2 punish d poor man
ReplyDeletei dont think dt any wise person wd encourage this kind of marriage for his own sister,daughter or relation.d youngman shouldnt expect anything less frm d npf/d girl's parents.was dt how his own parents eloped during their time? i get worried when i see people desecrating a union(marriage) that is ordinarily meant to b sacred.U just need to come around here to see some homes-recklessness in marriages.u'll weep 4 miserable situations of some children.u'll see children wt same mum bt diff dad. some men cd be very irresponsible
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