SATURDAY- 13th November, 2021: Two young men, Ismaila Raheem and Akintola Segun have been arrested for allegedly raping a lady at Kajola-Oko, near Osogbo, Osun State.
One of the suspects Ismaila, 21, who led his friend to the lady’s house, was arrested for rape. He recounts his ordeal in this interview
“ I approached a girl that I wanted us to start a relationship but the girl said I was not of her standard.
“For six months, I was pestering her and she was beginning to listen to me, when she met a Yahoo guy (Internet fraudster) and then told me she was not interested in me anymore.
“She said I would not take care of her the way the yahoo guy would do. That infuriated me and I decided to rape her. I took that decision because of the way she spoke to me. She declared me unfit to date her.
“I had already spent some money on her that I can’t really say the actual amount. I normally gave her money to eat. At times, I gave her N200; at other times, it could be N500.
“I don’t know her age but I think she will be older than me. She is an olosho (a commercial sex worker).
It was in her house. My friend followed me. But I didn’t tell him that we were going to the girl’s house to rape her. I only told him to accompany me to her house.
“We both smoked Indian hemp before we left for the lady’s house. But we didn’t go with any weapon. Immediately after we committed the crime, I ran away to another street because we live close to each other.
“The following day, I went to her house to beg her for forgiveness and she told me she had forgiven me; but unknown to me, she knew where I ran to and brought the police to arrest me.
“I had never raped anyone before then. I am not a member of any group or secret society, but I smoke Indian hemp.”
Ismaila’s alleged accomplice, Akintola Segun. Also talked on his involvement in the crime.
“I am 21 years old. I live in Kajola-Oko near Osogbo. I am a herbal powder seller.
“I raped a lady at Kajola-Oko. I followed my friend to her place because he told me that she had been collecting money from him but later refused his advances.
“No, he didn’t tell me what we were going there to do. We went to her house around 7pm that day.
“The lady didn’t struggle with us. We met her in a room. My friend raped her in my presence and he then invited me. I also did same thing to the girl.
“We went there with sticks which we kept in a bag.
“On getting to her house, we met her and a man inside. We ordered the man to lie face down. We didn’t do anything to him.
“We took her out of the room to the backyard. It was at the backyard that we perpetrated the act. She didn’t scream at all.
“I had never done such a thing before. It was the devil that led me into doing it. We didn’t take any drink or drug before going there.”
The suspects were paraded by the police command and await a case in court.
