How tenants raped, impregnated landlord’s daughter - Witness

A prosecution witness, Sgt. Idwou Afeez, on Monday told a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere, how two tenants raped and impregnated their late landlord’s 12-year-old daughter.

The defendants, Shaibu Isiaka, 30 and John Obah, 34, are standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and unlawful sexual intercourse. The duo pleaded not guilty to the charges.

When the case came up on Monday, Afeez, who testified before Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya, said on Jan. 21, 2014, the victim in company of her mother came to the Police Divisional Headquarters at Oworoshoki and reported a defilement case.

He said that the victim in her statement said she was defiled by five men, who were tenants in her father’s house, namely Shaibu Isiaka, John Obah, and three others who are at large.

“The victim said that whenever she was sent to buy things like sweet from the first defendant, Isiaka, he usually asked her to keep the change.

“She said whenever her mother was not around, the first defendant will enter their house and sexually abuse her on her mother’s matrimonial bed,” Afeez said.

He said that the victim told the police that Obah, the second defendant was the first person that raped her, adding that she was 12 years old when they raped and impregnated her.

Afeez also told the court that the two suspects were arrested same day the victim and her mother reported the case at the police station.