– Akinpelu police division apprehends 28-year-old designer for allegedly molesting a two-year-old girl in his fashion designing shop
– Neighbours mercilessly beat him up before handing him over to the police
– I went to the toilet and returned without seeing my daughter in the corridor where i left her- Ajibade cries
A Lagos-based fashion designer, identified simply as Ituah, has been beaten mercilessly by an angry mob on Mosaku street, Oshodi, Lagos state, for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl.
The 28-year-old fashion designer was caught by a neighbour in the area who alerted the victim’s mother while Ituah was allegedly raping the victim on Sunday, August 28.
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The victim was said to have gone to play with Ituah, who has a shop in front of the victim’s house, where the suspect allegedly raped her, The girl’s mother, identified simply as Mrs. Ajibade, was said to had gone to the toilet to urinate and left the girl in the corridor.
The neighbour who reportedly caught the fashion designer raised the alarm, which attracted a mob that repeatedly beat up the suspect before dragging him to the Akinpelu police station.
While speaking with Punch, Ajibade, said, “It was around 5pm on Sunday that the incident happened. We live in a face-me-I-face-you house. The suspect has a shop in front of our house.
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“I went to the toilet and returned without seeing my daughter in the corridor. I had left her in the corridor because I did not want her to play with electric sockets in the house.
“When I came back, I could not find her. I did not know she was with the fashion designer. When my girl was brought from the shop, she just pointed to her private parts and cried, ‘Ituah, Ituah’.
“That was how I examined her pants and discovered that she had been raped.
“We were at the Mirabel Centre on Monday for a checkup. She is gradually responding to treatment.
“The suspect’s family members are putting pressure on us. We do not want any case on the matter.”
Confirming the incident, the Lagos state police public relations officer, Dolapo Badmos, asserted that Ituah has been arrested, stressing that investigation on the matter is ongoing.arrest.
“He is in custody at the gender unit of the command headquarters. Investigation is ongoing into the matter,” she said.
A Katsina primary school teacher has recently been arraigned before a senior magistrates’ court for allegedly defiling seven girls in the Faskari local government area of the state. The accused school teacher, who was identified as Hamisu Galadima, got arrested by the police following the complaints from the victims’ parents Original Article
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