I was really heart broken when I woke up to three different rape stories this morning.
The first story involved a 42-year-old cleric, Pastor Chidiebere Ikpa, who reportedly
raped his stepdaughter, Ngozi (pseudonym), in the Surulere area of Lagos.
Ngozi, a Senior Secondary class
2 pupil, who reported the incident to the police last
Friday, January 15, insisted that she was raped by the pastor on several
occasions. As a matter of fact, he has been raping her since he deflowered her at age 10.
mother about it, she usually shouted her down, and refused to take any
action on the matter.
Railway Command, Lagos State, identified as Agu. The 31 year old shameles man allegedly raped and beat a lady until she fell into a coma.
in the Railway Police Barracks.
tricked the victim, identified as Yeni, into the barracks.
the victim submitted to.Later at night, he allegedly woke her up for
another round of sex, which Yeni refused.
overpowered her. He was said to have assaulted and raped her.The victim
reportedly passed out.
A source who knows him well told Punch thus:
“He had a habit of sleeping with all kinds of women. His wife separated
from him due to his infidelity.Last Sunday, he saw the lady on the road
and spoke to her. She agreed to the friendship and he invited her to his
apartment.
“We learnt that they had sex, though the
lady said she was initially against it. After the sex, they both fell
asleep, but the policeman woke her up for another round of sex and she
refused.“Agu hit her with some objects. He flogged her till she
sustained serious injuries which made her fell into a coma.“He still had
his way with her. It was
the following morning that the police authorities in the barracks were
informed and he was arrested.”
injuries in different parts of her body. She was hurt in her legs, buttocks, and the forehead.
The third rape story happened in the UK.
The victim, a British woman was forced to have sex with 110
men in one day after being trafficked into prostitution by a man she
called her boyfriend, Jak.
with him.With her mother struggling with alcoholism, Megan was
persuaded by Jak to join him in Athens.
She expected to start working in bars and cafes, but when she got to Athens, she was forced into the sex trade. On one particular night, she had sex with 110 men before
being violently sick.
Greek hospital for three months.
They contacted Megan’s mother, who said she had no idea about the kind of life her daughter had been living.
“Inside I still feel like a kid, a 10-year-old,” she says. “I struggle
with sex. I do not know what ‘making love’ is. Just… it… that way… it…”
she fumbles for the right word, “it just makes me feel so odd, so
different and not normal. There are relationships I have been in where
I’ve had to be drunk to let anyone see me naked or let them do what they
want to me. I struggle to say no to sex because I thought that was all
men wanted. I actually hate that. I don’t value it [sex] at all. I think
it’s horrible.”
The two returned to the UK, and Megan slowly started to rebuild her life.
Today, Megan, who wrote a book about her horrifying story, called Bought & Sold feels “strong, determined and hopeful.”