14 year old boy rapes 9 year old girl to death in Ikorodu

14 year old boy rapes 9 year old girl
to death in Ikorodu
Unbelievable sad story of how a teenage boy
raped a 9yr old girl to death in the Ikorodu area of
Lagos
From Punch
The police in Lagos State have commenced
investigation into how a nine-year-old girl
died, after sustaining injuries caused by
alleged consistent rape. According to police
authorities, the deceased was raped over
five times, by a 14-year-old student, Onyi
Adimabua, in the Ikorodu area of the state.
The father of the deceased, Simeon Jigo, told
Punch Metro that Onyi is the son of the
proprietor of the school his daughter
attended. He said his daughter opened up
about the rape when she started having
medical problems. The 77-year-old man said
his daughter died on October 3, 2013.
He said, “Up until my daughter’s death, she was a
pupil of Fulfilled Greenland School, Ikorodu, and
she was in primary three. One day, she came
home and started complaining of pains around her
vagina, stomach area. We rushed her to Ikorodu
General Hospital.
“A doctor checked her and after conducting some
tests on her, told us that my daughter had
sustained medical complications due to forced
sexual intercourse. I was alarmed by this; so, I
had a private discussion with my daughter.
“She told me that it was her school proprietor’s
son, Onyi, that had been raping her. The boy had
threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone about
it.”
The indigene of Ondo State told PUNCH Metro that
after initial treatments, he took his daughter to
Arogbo in Ondo State to be taken care of but her
condition continued to deteriorate.
A few days after the troubled father travelled to
Ondo State, Onyi, accompanied by his parents,
also travelled to Ondo State, to apologise to Jigo’s
family. The girl, however, was said to have died
that very day.
“On getting to the house where my daughter was,
we discovered that she was dead. Onyi confessed
that he had been raping my daughter prior to her
death,’ Jigo said.
PUNCH Metro learnt that after the girl’s demise,
irate youths in the area attempted to lynch the 14-
year-old boy.
The bereaved father was said to have intervened
and reported the matter to a nearby police station,
where the teenager was held for safe keeping. The
next morning, Onyi and his parents travelled back
to Lagos.
The alleged rapist’s parents, in company with a
chief in Ikorodu, reportedly visited Jigo when he
returned to Lagos. The group were said to have
pleaded that the bereaved father should not pursue
the case but he refused.
Jigo said, “I went to the Ikorodu Police station to
report the case but was surprised when the
policemen on duty said I should not write any
statement. They only told me to write down my
telephone number and said they would call me
later.
“After waiting for many days without any call, I
wrote a petition and the matter was transferred to
the State Criminal Investigation Department,
Yaba.”
It was however learnt that Onyi had been taken to
his father’s hometown in Delta State thereby
stalling police investigation.
The teenager’s parents, however described the
incident as the handiwork of the devil.
The 14-year-old boy’s father, Andrew Adimabua,
said, “I trained that boy in the way of the Lord and
expected so much from him. He has confessed to
the act; there is nothing to hide. He told me that he
learnt about sex by watching blue (pornographic)
films.
“We are not hiding him and we will cooperate with
the police. On the day the little girl died, he was
beaten up and made to stay in the rain for hours.
As a result, he contracted pneumonia so we sent
him home for treatment. When he recovers, he’ll
be taken to the police for questioning.”
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, who
confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the
telephone, expressed shock at the development.
Braide said Onyi would be re-arrested in the
course of investigation.
“It is appalling that a teenager could indulge in
such act. The matter is under investigation and the
culprit will be re-arrested.”