The police have arrested a 38-
year-old motorcyclist, Obinna
Ekusaba, for allegedly raping a
primary six pupil for six months in
the Kirikiri area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the
incident happened from December,
2014, to May, 2015, on Karimu
Street, Kirikiri Town.
Our correspondent learnt that the
victim’s mother sold cigarette and
alcoholic drinks in a motor park on
the street.
Ekusaba, who usually parked his
motorcycle at the park, was said to
be one of her numerous customers.
She was said to be away on the
fateful day when the suspect
called the 11-year-old to bring a
bottle of drink into an uncompleted
building in the motor park.
It was learnt that while she took
the item there, the suspect lured
her with money and raped her.
He was said to have subsequently
defiled the victim several times
before her mother observed on
May 19 that her private parts had
enlarged.
She was said to have put pressure
on her before she confessed that
Ekusaba had slept with her.
The matter was reported to
policemen at the Kirikiri division
and the suspect was subsequently
arrested.
The victim, in her statement to the
police, said the suspect lured her
with N1,000 the first time.
She said, “Brother Obinna
(Ekusaba) used to buy cigarette,
water and alcoholic drinks from my
mother’s shop.
“Last year, I was in my mother’s
shop when Brother Obinna called
me to bring a bottle for him inside
the building.
“On getting there, he put his hand
inside his pocket and brought out
N500; he asked me to enter. But I
told him my daddy used to give me
N500. He then brought out N1,000.
As I entered the building, he
removed my pants and put his
private parts inside my own.
“After he removed it, I demanded
the money and he brought it out.
As I was about to collect it, he put
it back inside his pocket. That was
how Brother Obinna started
sleeping with me.”
Her 35-year-old mother explained
that she was bathing her when she
observed that there was a change
in her private parts.
She said she observed that her
hand could enter her private parts
freely.
She said, “I became worried
because it was not like that before.
I questioned her for hours before
she confessed that it was a man
called Obinna (Ekusaba) that had
been raping her.
“She also said he would bring out
his private parts and ask her to put
it in her mouth. I could not bear it
and had to report it to the police.”
The victim was said to have been
taken to a general hospital where
different tests on her confirmed
that there was penetration.
The police subsequently arrested
the suspect, and upon
interrogation, he reportedly
confessed to the crime.
Ekusaba, who was married with
four kids, said he slept with the
victim both in the day and night.
He said, “I came to Lagos 10 years
ago and I started riding
motorcycle.
“I know the complainant as the
mother of the victim. She is like a
sister to me. I have been making
love with her daughter for long.
“When we started, I told her I
would buy something for her, but I
didn’t buy her anything. I slept with
her five times.
“Each time I wanted to sleep with
her, I would carry her on my lap. It
was on the fifth time that I could
penetrate.
“I slept with her at a car park. I did
it during the day and night inside
the park. I know I have committed
an offence.”
A police source explained that the
matter had been transferred to the
State Department of Criminal
Investigation for further
investigation.
When contacted, the Police Public
Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu,
confirmed the case.
He said, “It has been transferred to
SCID, Panti for more discreet
investigation.”
