In Abeokuta, Ogun State, an ex-convict named Mercy Orija has allegedly raped a 12-year-old student, Janet Fakeye, to death
Shortly after committing the crime at the Fehintoluwa Community Development Association in Idiya, Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of the state, the suspect reportedly fled the scene.
Orija allegedly committed the act immediately after he was freed from prison,
Orija was sentenced last year for attacking a Point-of-Sale operator in the neighbourhood.
According to reports, Janet was returning home after going to get soap to wash her school uniform on Wednesday when she was pulled into a residence by the suspect.
It was alleged that the suspect committed the crime in the same neighbourhood at his family’s home.
Orija is accused of leaving the scene after throwing her dead body in another building next to his family’s home.
The deceased’s father Sanjo, demanded justice for his daughter.
He said, “When Janet arrived from school on Wednesday, she was writing her homework and after she was done, she told me that she wanted to buy detergent in our neighbour’s house to wash her socks.
“I gave her money to buy the detergent. I was sitting outside and after a while, I didn’t see her return from the place she went to buy the detergent. The place where she went to buy the detergent is not far from the house.
“So, I went to check on her. I was told she had been attended to and had left the place; I became agitated.
“I then thought that maybe she went to collect a book from her friend for her homework. I went to the friend’s place and asked for my daughter; she said she had not seen her.
“I later went to report at a police station around 8pm after we had searched and could not find her. As we were heading towards the police station, I received a call from the community that they had found the dead body of my daughter.”
He said his daughter was raped to death by the suspect after he tied her hands and legs and covered her mouth. According to him, the soap and the bloodstains were seen in the suspect’s house while he ran away through the back door.
According to Tayo, the mother of the deceased, some neighbours observed the suspect leave the residence.
She claimed that before the man fled, they could hear a dog barking as he dropped the body of her daughter.
“We want the government to help us arrest him. The youth burnt the house because of the incident. The owner of the house, who was the father of the suspect, died just a month ago,” she added.
SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state police public relations officer, announced that his officers had started looking for the culprit.
He said, “It is true that we are looking for him. The suspect is an ex-convict who was just released from prison. He would soon be arrested and made to face justice.”
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