55-year-old guard abducts, rapes 14-year-old for four days

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 55-year-old security guard, Yekini Ogunjobi, for alleged unlawful detention of a teenage girl in his apartment for four days.

The police said Ogunjobi raped the 14-year-old victim, Blessing (pseudonym) during her incarceration before she was rescued from the apartment on Esuola Street, Oko-Oba, in the Agege area of Lagos.

It was learnt that Blessing, an apprentice tailor in the neighbourhood, was sent on an errand on Esuola Street, when the suspect summoned her.

She was said to have been hypnotised and lured into a room by the suspect, who allegedly raped her for four days.

It was gathered that Blessing’s family, who had declared her missing, had reported to the police.

However, on July 28, one of her relatives was said to be passing by the street when she sighted her and raised the alarm. she then reported to the police, who rescued the girl and arrested Ogunjobi.

According to a police, the man was said to have told his neighbours that the girl was his relative who had come to live with him. and must have charmed the girl for her not to resist abduction. He had sex with her against her consent for four days.

On Tuesday, Ogunjobi was brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court by a police prosecutor, Sergeant Rafael Donny, on two counts bordering on abduction and rape. Donny added that the offences contravened sections 141(a) and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.