A 28-year-old okada rider, Mr Tope Daisi,
currently being held by the police in Oyo State
over the alleged defilement of a five-year-old
girl, was said to have offered the girl N5 which
the girl used to buy sweet after the act!
This was revealed to Crime Reports during an
interview with the victim, Sekinat (not real
names) after the suspect was arrested by
detectives from Eleyele police station.
It was learnt that though the act was committed
on Tuesday, August 27, Seki's grandmother,
Madam Khadijat Kolapo went to the police
station on Wednesday, August 28 and narrated
how her neighbour, Daisi, lured her
granddaughter to his room when she went out
and left the girl at home.
The elderly woman further alleged that the man
stripped the girl of her cloth and defiled her,
after which he gave her N5 and warned her to
keep sealed lips.
However, the little girl could not keep the
experience and the money she earned from her
seven-year-old cousin, Afusat (not real name),
as she told her that Brother Tope did ashewo
(prostituted with) to her.
Immediately their grandmother returned home,
Afusat told her what happened and said that
they had already used the money to buy sweet.
The Divisional Police officer in charge of the
station, Olawole Ayoola, a Deputy Superintendent
of Police, reportedly ordered the suspect's arrest
but when interviewed, he denied the allegation,
though he could not explain why he was the one
pointed at among other men in the
neighbourhood.
When the girl was taken to a hospital for
medical examination, Crime Reports learnt that
the report indicated bruises in the vaginal area
though the hymen was still intact.
Narrating her experience to Crime Reports in her
childish voice, Sekinat said:
"I was outside and he (Daisi) came to take
from our house to his room. He spread a
mat on the floor, removed my pants and
his trousers. He lay on me, held the thing
that is used to urinate and put it in my
private part. After he finished, he warned
me not to tell anybody. He then gave me
N5 and I used it to buy sweet."
In an interview, the Ijebu-Ode-born suspect who
disclosed that he was also a footballer, said he
was surprised that the girl pointed at him.
According to him:
On the fateful day, I was at Eleyele area of
the city where I normally go around 5a.m.
to issue tickets to okada riders. My football
club also had a match at Olubadan
Stadium by 2pm. We were told to report by
1.30p.m. So, at noon, I went home on my
bike to prepare. As I was coming, I saw
some children playing with sand and one of
them ran across, in front of the bike. I
stopped and beat her but some bystanders
said I should thank God that I didn't hit the
girl. I went home to have a shower and left
for the stadium. In the evening, I went back
to okada park and returned home around
9pm.
I was surprised when the girl's
grandmother came to me on Wednesday,
August 28 and held on to my shirt, saying
that her granddaughter informed her that I
took her in, removed her pants and put my
organ in her private parts. I told her it was
not true but she did not listen."
The grandmother told Crime Reports she took
over the care of the little girl because her mother
became bedridden as a result of stroke she
suffered.
The state's Police Public Relations Officer,
Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobanafor, confirmed the story
to Crime Reports, stating that the suspect had
been transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation Department, Iyaganku, for further
investigation.
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