A 60-year-old bricklayer, Segun Benson, has been arrested for raping a
primary six pupil, and damaging her private parts, on Mommoh Street in
the Agege area of Lagos State.
Punch Newspaper reports that Benson, who has an aged mother, has never been married.
After he allegedly ravished the victim, he was said to have sent her out, despite the flow of blood from her private parts.
Residents were said to have sighted the victim in a public bathroom writhing in pain.
After bleeding from her private parts for a while, the 14 year old girl was said to have collapsed.
The victim said, “I am in Primary six. On Friday, he gave me N50 to
buy sweet for myself. He then asked me to caress his private parts. When
I told him I would tell my daddy, he said I should not go home.
“He took me to his house around Railway Line where he raped me. I was
there from 3pm till around 7pm. I started bleeding from his house and
when I got home the blood did not stop. But I kept it secret until
Saturday when people saw it.”
Her mother, Taibat, said she had never met the suspect before.
“I have seven kids and she is the third child. I was sleeping when
people called me that my daughter had been raped. I have never met the
man before though he lives on the street. The government should take
over the case and do what is right,” she said.
The suspect’s mother, Mrs. Tinuke Benson, who is in her nineties
however said, “Segun is my only child. I had four other children and
they are all dead. He is the reason for my living. I don’t know why he
did what he did.
“Each time I tried to get him a wife, he refused and told me he was
old enough to look for a woman for himself. He said that many times
without getting a wife. Please help me because he’s my hope.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, has confirmed his arrest.
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