Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a commercial bus driver, Jelili Lawal, for allegedly raping a 78-year-old woman in the Adeniyi Jones area of Ikeja, Lagos State.
The elderly woman, was said to have been going to her home in the Ketu area of Lagos, but missed her way before the 41-year-old Lawal offered her a lift to her destination.
Briefing newsmen on Monday, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, said that the woman, who was happy and relieved at the driver’s offer, did not suspect that he had sinister intentions, adding that he drove her to another location to perpetuate the crime.
According to him, it was a woman’s cry for help that alerted a resident, who informed the police, who subsequently came to rescue her and arrested Lawal.
The rescued woman, he said had been taken to hospital where she was being counselled by trauma specialists
“On Tuesday, January 1, 2019, around 8pm, a woman, 78, met one Jelili Lawal, 41, a bus driver, at Maryland and told him that she had missed her way and did not know how to get to her house in Ketu.
“The said Jelili Lawal offered to help her. The woman was delighted and she boarded the bus, unknown to her that Lawal had other intentions.
“The suspect drove the victim to a location in Oloti village, off Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, and raped her without regards to her age. While the suspect was at it, the woman let out a cry that attracted someone in the neighbourhood, who quickly called the police and directed them to the location where the cry emanated from.
“That was how the police caught the suspect in the act and rescued the old woman, who was already bleeding from her private parts as a result of the assault on her dignity,” the CP said adding that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as the investigation was concluded.
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Also in a similar incident, the command said it has arrested 17-year-old Samuel Balogun for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in Lagos.
Imohimi said, “On Thursday, January 3, 2019, a report was made at the Alakuko Police Station that one Samuel Balogun, 17, of No. 14 Ademola Abiola Street, Alakuko, Lagos, took a 12-year-old girl to an uncompleted building and had an unlawful carnal knowledge of her.
“The said Samuel Balogun was promptly arrested and is currently undergoing interrogation at the gender unit of the command.
“The suspect will be charged to court for defilement at the conclusion of investigation.”
