Police in Lagos has arrested and detained 21-year-old
Ifeoma Okechukwu from Imo State for killing an unidentified man who attempted
raping her. The incident happened on Monday, around 12.30 pm, in Atlantic view
Estate, Alpha Beach Road, Lekki. Ifeoma,
according to what we gathered, was on her menstrual period and had gone out to
buy sanitary pads but on her way back home, she was accosted by this stranger.
Please read below in her words:
“After buying the sanitary pads, I was going back home when I saw a man, who should be in his forties, standing at a corner. He approached me and ordered me to take him to my house. He put his hand into his pocket as if he wanted to bring out a weapon. He said he would kill me if I shouted.”
“When we got to the house, he said I should shut the door and I did. He said I should remove my clothes; and I started begging him, but he refused to listen. So, I told him to let me get to the kitchen because I was cooking something and I would be back. I got a rod and hid it in my wrapper. I went back and moved slowly towards him, still begging, but he refused. He was taking off his clothes and wearing a condom when I used the rod to hit him in the head. I started screaming. And then I picked the phone and called my uncle.”
Ifeoma’s uncle who pleaded anonymity said,
“I was not at home when the incident happened and her younger brother had also gone out. So, she was alone in the house and it was possible he had been monitoring her movement. When she called me and said what had happened, I left the office and went to the police station in Jakande Estate where I reported the matter.”
Police report indicated that during investigation, a
pack of condom was found on the decease including a phone without a SIM card.
Read below the report:
“He was about wearing the condom when the girl hit him on the head and he died. His mission was to rape her and steal from the house. He probably took advantage of her frail stature.”
“We got information that he was not alone. He belonged to a gang that has been terrorizing Lekki residents for some time now. And that’s why since this incident, nobody knows his name and address, and none of his relatives has come forward to say they know him.”
Ifeoma is still detained in police custody as at press
time.
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Guys, the argument now is, since it has been discovered
that the guy belongs to a notorious gang around the area, what now is the
essence of detaining Ifeoma? Or wait o,
do you think something is fishing somewhere and that thorough investigation
should be done and seen to be carried out?
I am wondering why a rapist will excuse her to enter the kitchen and
then she can’t find a way to escape but returned and met him wearing his
condom.
Join this debate: Should Ifeoma be released while
investigation goes on OR should she be detained in police custody pending when
investigation is over?
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