A 23-year-old woman, Monday, September 8, 2014 narrated how a soldier kidnapped her at knife point and raped her repeatedly under a tree for five hours in Oyo State.

The victim, a National Diploma student of Mass Communication at Ibarapa Polytechnic alleged that her rapist was soldier attached to Operation Burst set up by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State to check criminality in the state.

The incident, according to Vanguard, happened in Eruwa from 10.30 pm on August 29 this year while she was returning after seeing off a friend.
The victim, pictured from the back (Photo Credit: Vanguard)

The victim, pictured from the back (Photo Credit: Vanguard)

She said: “It happened on Friday, August 29, 2014. I was coming back to my room after seeing off a friend. He accused me of being a cultist for moving about around that time, but I denied it. He then ordered me to climb his motorcycle, but I pleaded with him that he should let me go.

“He removed a knife and said that he would stab me if I refused to obey him. So scared, I climbed the Okada and he took me to the Operation Burst office in Eruwa.

“When we got there, he forcefully led me to a dark area under a tree and ordered me to remove my dress to enable him see if I had tattoos on my body.

“I told him I did not have tattoos and that he should let me go. He then removed the knife again and said that he would slaughter me like a ram if I failed to ‘cooperate’ and that I would be buried like many other girls who had failed to cooperate in the past, and nobody would trace my death to him.

“Sensing danger, I removed my clothes. He ordered me to lie down under the tree and had sex with me several times while I was crying.

“He raped me till 3.30 am and I complained of catching cold. He entered into the office and brought out a bottle of beer. He gave it to me to hold for him.

“Later he said he was going to bring a blanket for me to cover my body. I waited for about 30 minutes, but when he did not return, I dressed up and ran away.”

The victim’s counsel, Mr. Adeosun, confirmed her story, saying: “In the morning of Saturday, August 30, 2014, the victim called her parents on the telephone and told them what happened. It was the parents that came to brief our office. We thereafter advised that the victim should report to the Police Station at Eruwa, which she did.”

When the matter was reported to the security outfit, the girl identified the rapist among other security operatives paraded before her.

To worsen her ordeal, the Eruwa General Hospital where she went for test did not help matter.

According to her, on arrival in the hospital, the doctor she met told her to buy hand gloves which she did.

She said: “The doctor told me to lie down and use his phone torchlight to examine my private part and wrote a report that although there was no trace of semen, the private part had been tampered with.”

It was gathered that the doctor claimed he could not carry out test on the inner part of the vagina because the hospital did not have the facilities to carry out such test.

The victim’s lawyer said a soldier called him at 8.25 pm on Sunday informing him that the Army had commenced court martial trial on the indicted soldier, but that the student must appear to testify.

Responding, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Dr. Festus Adedayo, quoted the security outfit as saying it had recommended the suspect for disciplinary measure for abandoning his duty post.

In a statement issued by the outfit’s Second in Command, CSP Elijah Bawa, “immediately the outfit was informed of the allegation of rape against the said soldier, he dispatched an investigation team to Eruwa.

“The team met with the Divisional Police Officer for the Eruwa Division, DSP Kayode Adigun who disclosed that the 23-year old Mass Communication student of the school lodged a complaint with the command that she had been raped by the soldier who was also an operative of the anti-crime outfit.

“The outfit’s Second in Command and the DPO took the complainant to the Eruwa General Hospital for medical examination, the result of which they said proved negative.

“The soldier will, however, be charged for abandoning his duty post in the night without permission against standing instructions in the Operation Burst’s code of conduct,” he said.


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Chai •

This is so unforunate. Investigations should similarly be conducted by the police and not just the Army command. The offence for which the soldier is being court martialled is "abandoning duty post" and not rape, as they do not have jurisdiction to try a criminal offence; it is the court that has that power. So, let her lawyer with the help of the police do the needful so that the soldier can be rewarded in the court of law for his hard early morning labour and dedication to his duty. As part of his reward, he should also be deployed to chibok.

whatsmyname: This is so unforunate. Investigations should similarly be conducted by the police and not just the Army command. The offence for which the soldier is being court martialled is "abandoning duty post" and not rape, as they do not have jurisdiction to try a criminal offence; it is the court that has that power. So, let her lawyer with the help of the police do the needful so that the soldier can be rewarded in the court of law for his hard early morning labour and dedication to his duty. As part of his reward, he should also be deployed to chibok.

I agree

Oh my jeeezzz!
Poor girl
imagine been taken forcefully againt your will for 5 complete hours
wohdahfuq is wrong with some guys
God pls help the poor lady to heal quickly, physically, emotionally, psychologically and what have you.

Pathetic!!!

tellwisdom:

You know i cannot ràpe u?? We would do it based mutual agreement

Your not serious !! •

sick sick sick........

Five hours? Dude must be a stud of epic proportions.

Still don't buy into this chiq's story though, alarm wasn't raised and she still held tha dude's beer for 30mins before common sense returned to her? Someone's not telling the whole story here.

And dat man will be thinking he would live long abi?

Camellia: sick sick sick........

give a madman an army uniform,what u will get is sorrow,tears and blood

Molest again

They will surly get what they deserve soon. Useless people.

Blackfire:
give a madman an army uniform,what u will get is sorrow,tears and blood

..fela...bt he was ryt tho... what happened den..it z a pity it still goes on now...

Abeg make una hold una piece! where the girl self come rape me revenge

He went inside to bring a bottle of beer and u were still under d tree waiting for him to come back and give u money abi, instead of screaming for help u even told him u are feeling cold, he had to go to his office a 2nd time for wat ever reason and u waited for 30 mins before escaping, this girl self wetin u want make we believe? Say e rape u or he slept with u for hours and told u he was going to his office to bring money and give to u and then he disappeared? Anyways. Kpele, 5 hours no be small thing

Chai

10.30pm for a girl. Her frd is a male or female? Seeing her frd off . You see your frd off far from your house or where people don't see you? Why can't she shout that people to help her beg the officer to leave her? Maybe people have gone to sleep? Why is she not asleep at @ that time? Despite the fact that I feel sorry for her and her parent, I think the girl is a bad girl. No girl that is trained well will be walking alone at that time of the day or maybe she's going to club. And for that officer,he should have approach her softly maybe she will just allow him gentlewomanly and there will be nothing to say. Anyway he bleeped up and wanted to cheat and take advantage of her. God punish him

This is sad

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i pity this lady. The silly soldier is mad dog, he must be stoned to death. Chai, people wicked o.

What a world! Very soon d case will be swept under d carpet...Konji na bas•tard. He should have bleeped a goat n let d innocent girl be.

Harbosede02: And dat man will be thinking he would live long abi?

dont ask me ask God.

bankyblue: .

But it's not on FP now Warrisdis?

Why is this in romance. It's hardly a romantic topic?

Who doesn't know that those soldiers are PERVS!!!?
Since the creation of N.A...

But why should a young girl be seeing people off anyhow in the night? 10:30pm for that matter...
This story has k-leg, worse k-leg than mine gaan.