Friday, April 16, 2010
Lagos: Man, 29, rapes landlady's 11-year-old daughter

Success Nwogu


A 29-year-old man, Mr. Ademola Aroboto has been arrested for allegedly raping the 11-year-old daughter of his landlady.





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The act was committed on Wednesday, a day after he packed in to his current residence at Akindele Street, Iju, Lagos State.

Aroboto, who dropped out from the University of Lagos in 2004, had travelled to Libya the same year and was said to have been deported to Nigeria in 2009.

The mother of the girl, (name withheld) was said to have been devastated on hearing of the rape of her daughter.

Aroboto confessed to having committed the crime but said the girl actually came to her apartment, and lured him into committing the act. According to him, the victim, came to his room and seduced him.

But in a swift reaction, the Lagos State Police Command spokesman, Mr. Frank Mba, who paraded the suspect before journalists in Lagos on Thursday, said the act was an 'acquaintance rape.' He added that Aroboto's alibi was an after- thought to curry public sympathy.

He advised parents and guardians to monitor their wards very closely and be close to them for exchange of intimate information and guidance.

Mba said, "This is what can be described as 'acquaintance rape.' Acquaintance rape is very close to victim rape. It takes place when people who are very close to a girl-child take advantage of her. They are neighbours. Sometimes, they are people who have filial relationship with the girl-child and they take advantage of this relationship and abuse this trust; they abuse this relationship and rape or defile little girls.

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