Department, Ibarapa Polytechnic, yesterday, narrated how she was raped
under a tree by one of the security men attached toOperation Burstset
up by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State to check criminality in the
state.
The incident was said to have happened in Eruwa from 10.30 pm on
August 29 this year while she was returning after seeing off a friend.
She said she was raped repeatedly for five hours before she was let
off the hook by the rapist soldier.
How it happened
According to her, the soldier allegedly ordered her to climb the
motorcycle while threatening to stab her with a knife.
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."
Case reported at Police station
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.
Suspect recommended for disciplinary measure
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
theOperation Burst's code of conduct," he said.
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