“My friend’s daughter agreed to the sex,” UNILAG lecturer, landlord accused of raping 18-year-old admission-seeker claims
A Lagos father handed his eighteen-year-old daughter over to his friend who lectures in the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
Caroline (not her real name) needed help with the school’s admission process.
Afeez Baruwa was supposed to help improve her chances of getting into UNILAG.
Baruwa, however, said he took the teenager into a study room and had sex with her, reports say.
The girl said the sex was not consensual. She’s alleging rape.
“The suspect is actually a friend of the father of the girl,” a police source, according to Punch, said.
“The girl had written the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, and she needed assistance with the post-UTME. So, the father sent her to meet and discuss with the lecturer.
“But, it turned out that on July 23 when the girl visited the suspect, he had sex with her in the study room.
“The suspect confessed to the act, but his claim is that the sex was by mutual consent.”
Baruwa was arrested by the Surulere Police Division on Monday, August 3.
The lecturer and Caroline’s father belonged to the same landlords’ association in the Abesan, Ipaja area, reports say.
The Office of the Public Defender (OPD), which is heavily involved in the case, said it will write UNILAG to take measures against the recurrence of this type of incident.
“The victim’s father wanted the lecturer to assist with his daughter’s admission,” OPD chief Mrs. Omotola Rotimi said.
“On the fateful day, the girl left with the lecturer as early as 5: 30 a.m., and they got to the school at about 7am.
“No one had arrived at the hall except a woman. While the exams had yet to start, he raped her. She went home, and the father found out that her daughter had been raped. He took her to the Mirabel Centre, which then informed the OPD.
“The centre also contacted the police at the Surulere and Isokoko divisions, and the suspect was arrested.
“We are going to defend the girl, and we are writing the Vice-Chancellor. The suspect is said to be in the Department of Accounting. He claimed the sex was consensual, but that is not a defence.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Patricia Amadin, confirmed the arrest.
She said, “The suspect claims to be a part-time lecturer, but not an employee of the University of Lagos.
“He has confessed to the crime and the medical result proved same.”
Baruwa is in police custody and could be arraigned in court on Thursday, reports say.
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