Nurudeen Oriyomi
22-year-old Nurudeen Oriyomi was arrested for allegedly defiling
his late friend’s 12-year-old daughter at Alhaji Yinusa street, Bariga,
Lagos.
According to Vanguard, the act took place in his one-room apartment
at about 2pm on April 9, 2016, while the girl was sent on an errand.
It was gathered that Oriyomi and the father of the primary five
pupil were friends before the latter’s demise two years ago. Since then,
Oriyomi had reportedly been close to the family .
However, the relationship took a sinister dimension penultimate
Thursday, after Oriyomi allegedly defiled the eldest child. The suspect,
as gathered, stood in front of his house when he sighted the
12-year-old girl (name withheld) passing-by. He called her and asked
where she was going, before inviting her inside, pretending to send her
on an errand. He ended up defiling her.
But the burble burst five days later, after the girl’s mother
noticed she was walking with difficulty. She reportedly ignored her
initially, apparently thinking she could have sustained the injury while
playing. But she was attracted to the blood stain on her daughter’s
pant when she sat opposite her to relate activities of the day.
Apparently thinking she had started observing her monthly menstrual
flow, she curiously asked her daughter, who revealed to her dismay,
after much persuasion, that she was raped by ‘brother’ Nurudeen as he
was popularly addressed.
The primary school pupil further told her mother that when she
wanted to shout during the act but Oriyomi gagged her and after that,
gave her N50, with a stern warning not to disclose what happened to
anyone.
Unable to believe what she has just heard, the widow intimated a
neighbor who insisted that Oriyomi must be accosted . He was said to
have owned up and begged passionately to be forgiven.
But the case was reported at Bariga division , consequent upon
which he was arrested. The case was later transferred to the gender
Unit, Lagos state Police Command where operatives swung into action by
taking the victim to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where
a test conducted confirmed that her hymen had been broken .
Oriyomi was paraded among other alleged suspected criminals terrorizing Lagos State.
In this interview with Crime Guard, he blamed his indulgence on the
devil and hardship which he said made him unable to get money to
patronize commercial sex workers.
Hear him; “ I am a visitor here because I raped my friend’s
daughter. I was actually sex- starved and was looking for every
available means to ease myself. Before now, I used to patronize
commercial sex workers any time I had such urge. But on this day, I had
no money to pay them (commercial sex worker) or to buy condom . I was
just outside contemplating on what to do when I sighted her. I called
her inside, asked her to pull her dress while I pulled her pant and had
carnal knowledge of her. When her mother came, I admitted and begged her
to forgive me but I never knew she did not forgive me,”
Expressing worry over the spate of rape and defilement in the
state, the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, disclosed that the
record of rape was alarming, citing Bariga area of the state as the area
with the highest record of rape.
He disclosed that the 12 year-old girl was traumatized and was being medically treated at Mirabel Medical Centre, Ikeja.
He, therefore, implored parents to be wary of those they keep their children with, especially females, stating that “if
they can’t take their children to where they go to, then they should
learn to keep them in safe care. Shomolu, Bariga areas are known for
that. We want the public to join hands in eradicating cases of
defilement. This case is a wake up call to all parents, specially
mothers who leave children in the hands of neighbors and family friends
they are not sure of their character.”
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