How I Was Kidnapped, Raped For Rejecting Love Advances – UNILAG Student

This story has left me speechless. Our youths need a revival.

Policemen attached to Adeniji Adele division have arrested a 22-
year-old man who alleged kidnapped and raped a student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, for turning down his
advances.

The suspect, Babajide Bashorun, was also alleged to have taken
nude shots of his victim (names withheld) and pasted them on
the internet with her real name, school, department and age.
But the suspect in an interview with Vanguard claimed that the
lady was his girlfriend. He admitted to have taken her nude
pictures and gave them to his friends whose identities he gave as
Aje Mayowa and Babajide Ademuyiwa, both final year students of Architecture also of UNILAG.
The incident, as gathered, occurred two months ago at 1, Ajose Street, Enu-Owa area of Lagos Island. But the female
undergraduate was silent over the matter until her relations
abroad who stumbled on the nude pictures on the internet
contacted her mother in Nigeria, last week.

How it started

Narrating how the incident occurred, the female undergraduate
said: “Babajide came to our house to treat our dog. In the
process, he requested for my phone number and I reluctantly
gave him. He started calling me and told me he would like to go
out with me.

“But I told him I already had a boyfriend whom I loved. Yet, he
kept calling me, saying he was not interested in just going out
with me but wanted to marry me. Aside that, he kept monitoring
my movements and at a point, I deleted his contact on my phone.

“I was returning home for a weekend in April , a car stopped by my side at Idumota bus-stop. Jide was sitting beside a driver
who was unknown to me.

“On sighting him, I walked past. But the next thing he did was to
hold me by the hand, dragged me into the car and drove to his
house.

“When he got home, he started beating me and tore my clothes,
asking what I wanted that he could not give me. He instructed
me to unlock my phone and when he discovered that I used my
boyfriend’s name as password, he resumed the beating.

“At a point, he gave me his phone to speak with some of his
friends who told me I was in for trouble, for turning down a
member of their unnamed cult, threatening that they would kill
me for treating him shabbily.

“Thereafter, he raped me and when he was done, his friend took
his turn despite my plea. When he saw I was bleeding, he
stopped and started begging me. At that point, he brought out
his phone and started taking my nude pictures. I made attempt
to cover my face but he hit me on the head with a bottle and
continued taking the shots.

How I escaped

“I begged him to allow me call my mother to give him some
money for my release but he refused. I also appealed to him to
delete my pictures when he started begging me.

“I stayed in that room all night till the next day when he went out
to get me some drugs. Immediately he stepped out, I tried the
door and discovered it was not locked from outside. I quickly
changed into one of my dirty clothes in my bag and escaped.

“But I could not tell anyone at home. When my elder brother
asked what the problem was on seeing the blood stained clothes,
I told him I was involved in an accident and when my mother
insisted on knowing what the problem was, I told her I fought
with a course mate. She insisted on going to school with me on
seeing the magnitude of the injury but I prevented her.

“Barely had I settled down than Babjide called, threatening to kill
me if I disclosed what happened to anyone. As if that was not
enough, his friends also called and threatened me as well.”

She is my girlfriend — Suspect
However, on his part, Babjide claimed that the undergraduate
was his girlfriend, adding that they only had a fight on that fateful
day.

Expressing shock over his arrest, he said: “She is my girlfriend.
We only fought in April and have resolved the matter.

“What led to the fight was her request for money to buy an IPad
which cost over N100,000. Because of my love for her, I
managed to raise N70,000. She visited me on that day and I
advised her to change her way of living which included going to
club .
I also accused her of flirting with other men. Along the line, we
started fighting and I used a mop stick to hit her and in the
process , took shots of her and sent the pictures to my friends.
But I did not tell them to paste the pictures on the internet.”

Police sources hinted that efforts were on to arrest Mayowa and
Ademuyiwa alleged to have pasted the victim’s nude pictures on
the internet, while Babajide had been charged to court for
kidnapping, rape, conspiracy, attempt to commit murder,
indecent assault, and assault occasioning harm.

Source: Vanguard