A 14-year-old Obiamaka Orakwue
has been raped and killed in Lagos for refusing the love advances of some
hoodlums in her neighbourhood.
The Junior Secondary School (JSS)
student was attacked by some boys, who scaled the fence into her parent’s Abule
Ado residence while she was at home.
According to the Nation
newspaper, Obiamaka’s mother – Mrs. Orakwue – said she was contacted by some of
their neighbours, who saw the boys jumping out of their compound.
She said the neighbours called
her after they knocked on the gate to be sure she was safe but got no response.
The woman said she left her place
of work immediately and rushed home only to find her daughter gasping for
breath with blood in her private part.
She said: “I was at work when I
got a call from our neighbor that they saw some boys jumping out from the fence
of our compound. They said my daughter was not responding to knocks on the gate
and it was locked from inside.
“I was worried because my
daughter was the only one at home. Her other siblings were on holidays at my
elder brother’s place in Lekki.
“On getting to the house, I opened the gate
with my spare key and dashed into the room only to find my daughter gasping for
breath in a pool of her blood. I asked her what happened and all she could
mutter was, Mummy, those boys I told you about.
“It must have been the same boys
that took advantage of the fact that I and my husband went to work and gained
entry into the compound through the back fence of the house where they attacked
my daughter.”
Her father, Chinedu Orakwue,
said: “We told her to join her siblings at Lekki but she insisted she wanted to
stay at home to help with the house chores. Now see what has happened. I leave
it in the hands of God to judge.
“We have reported the incident to
the police and they promised to apprehend the culprits but we still have not
heard from them till date.
“She was a very intelligent child
and had a bright future. She was to enter JSS III by the next academic
session.”
When the spokesman of the Lagos
State Police Command, Olarinde Famous-Cole, was contacted; he said: “I will
have to get back to you with details on that story as I am in contact with the
DPO to confirm that information.”
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A lesson for parents: If your child reports that he or she is being threatened with violence, lodge a report with the Police immediately. The Police would invite the threatening parties and make them sign an undertaking to be of good behaviour. From that moment, the hoodlums know they are no longer anonymous!
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