It sounds bizarre but true. An 11 year old girl, Favour
Okechukwu, was recently gang-raped in Lagos.
The bloodcurdling incident happened at
Olarewaju street in Ejigbo area of the state.
According to reports, the victim, on returning from school
was sent to buy a carton of gala, a popular snack from a nearby shop when four
men lured her to a room and raped her to death.
The suspects,
realizing that the girl was dead,
abandoned her and fled. The victim’s father, Dickson Okechukwu on returning
from work discovered her naked body in the room after a frantic search for her.
“I was shocked when my wife said Favour hadn’t returned from
where she was to collect a carton of the gala(snack) because it was unusual of
her to stay long outside. I went to three of her classmates’ houses to look for
her, but they all said they didn’t see
her. I was walking like a mad man, asking everyone I saw about her whereabouts
and it was getting dark.
“I saw a man who lives on the same street with me and told
him I was looking for my daughter. He informed that he had to close early
because a little girl was raped to death in a building close to his shop.
“I decided to go and check since I was looking for my
daughter and he accompanied me to the building. Behold, when I got there, it
was my daughter, Favour! She lay motionless. I shouted, shook her vigorously as
I called out her name, begging her to wake up. But she didn’t respond. I was
too shocked to believe she was gone just like that. A child I left hale and
hearty while leaving the house in the morning, was gone when I returned”, he
said in tears.
When the Ejigbo Police division was informed about the
murder, it mobilized officers who went to the scene and discovered the girl’s
copse. Palpably shocked and afraid of being arrested by the police, residents
in the area fled.
Though the suspects are still at large, Tabi, the owner of
the room in which Favour was gang-raped, has been arrested and is helping the
police with investigations.
Some tenants have also been summoned by the police for
questioning, while the victim’s copse has been deposited in the mortuary.
Intriguing? Certainly. But the most worrisome thing about
the murder is that the area is a slum notorious for criminal activities and
atrocities.
Apart from young girls, married women in the area had been
raped in the past, according to reports. Criminals had not only robbed married
women but also raped them.
Meanwhile the police have intensified efforts to arrests the
suspects who are still at large
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