NAPTIP nabs 2 men over rape of school girls in FCT
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja
A 41-year-old installation engineer, Festus Femi has been arrested by the operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition in Persons (NAPTIP) for allegedly raping three students of the same secondary school.
The suspect, an indigene of Ondo state was apprehended by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and thereafter, referred to the NAPTIP for further investigations and prosecution.
The first victim, a 13-year -old junior secondary student in one of the secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory, lives with her parents in Bwari.
The victim stated that she met Festus through her classmate, who asked that she escort her to Festus’ house, claiming that he was her uncle. On getting to the house, her classmate and Festus went out briefly and on their return she told the victim that Festus wanted to have sex with her.
The victim’s refusal and pleas of being a virgin were ignored as Festus turned the volume of the sound system very high and raped her in the presence of her friend. He further threatened to kill her if she tells anyone. This left the victim so distraught that she attempted suicide.
The second victim is a 12-year -old junior secondary student who lives with her aunt in Bwari. The same classmate took her to Festus’ house and told her that Festus wanted to have sex with her.
On her refusal, Festus gave them money and told them to visit some other time. On a fateful day, she was on her way to her classmate’s house and met Festus on the way, who then invited her to his house and raped her while she was waiting for her friend.
The third victim, a 15-year- old girl is the same person that introduced the other two victims to Festus.
She stated that Festus was her former neighbour and each time he had sex with her, he gave her N500. He also told her to bring other girls for him and he would give her N3, 000. She stated that so far, she has brought five girls to Festus whose ages range from 12 to 15 years. She further corroborated the first victim’s rape story and threat to life.
In a related development, a 51-year-old bursar of Government Secondary School Dangara, Abaji Area Council, Abuja, was also arrested by NAPTIP officials for allegedly drugging, raping and impregnating a 15-year-old student.
The suspect, Luke Gabriel Ekundayo, from Ilorin, Kwara state, was the victim’s guardian in school and she spent short holidays in his house. The victim, a senior secondary three (SS3) student took ill in Ekundayo’s house and upon taking some drugs administered to her by the suspect she passed out during which she was sexually assaulted.
