An unidentified suspected rapist
has been killed in the Lekki area of Lagos State while attempting to rape a
22-year-old woman, Ifeoma Okechukwu.
It was learnt that the incident
happened on Monday, around 12.30pm, in Atlantic View Estate, Alpha Beach Road,
Lekki.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Okechukwu
was on her menstrual period and had gone out to buy sanitary pads.
The Imo State indigene was said
to be on her way back home when she was accosted by the stranger.
She said, “After buying the
sanitary pads, I was going back home when I saw a man, who should be in his
forties, standing at a corner. He approached me and ordered me to take him to
my house.
“He put his hand into his pocket
as if he wanted to bring out a weapon. He said he would kill me if I shouted.
“When we got to the house, he
said I should shut the door and I did. He said I should remove my clothes; and
I started begging him, but he refused to listen.
“So I told him to let me get to
the kitchen because I was cooking something and I would be back. I got a rod
and hid it in my wrapper. I went back and moved slowly towards him, still
begging, but he refused.
“He was taking off his clothes
and wearing a condom when I used the rod to hit him in the head. I started
screaming. And then I picked the phone and called my uncle.”
The victim’s uncle, who pleaded
anonymity, told PUNCH Metrothat he went to report the matter at the Ilasan
Police Station after learning what had happened.
He said, “I was not at home when
the incident happened and her younger brother had also gone out. So, she was
alone in the house and it was possible he had been monitoring her movement.
“When she called me and said what
had happened, I left the office and went to the police station in Jakande
Estate where I reported the matter.”
A police source told our
correspondent that investigators found a pack of condoms on the deceased,
including a phone without a SIM card.
The source added that since the
incident happened, no one had shown up to claim the man’s corpse.
He said, “He was about wearing
the condom when the girl hit him on the head and he died. His mission was to
rape her and steal from the house. He probably took advantage of her frail
stature.
“We have got information that he
was not alone. He belonged to a gang that has been terrorising Lekki residents
for some time now. And that’s why since this incident, nobody knows his name
and address, and none of his relatives has come forward to say they know him.”
The Police Public Relations
Officer, Lagos State Command, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, promised to call our correspondent
back, but he had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.
Okechukwu was however said to
have been arrested and detained in police custody.
SOURCE: Punch
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