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A part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka,
Afeez Baruwa, has been arrested by the police in
Lagos for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl, identified
as Caroline (not her real name).
It was learnt that the victim, who was reportedly raped
inside a study room, was seeking admission into the
University.
Baruwa who was arrested by the Surulere Police
Division on Monday, August 3 told the police in his
statement that the sexual intercourse was by mutual
consent, insisting that he did not rape the victim.
Caroline got to know the lecturer through her Dad
because they both belonged to the same landlords’
association in the Abesan, Ipaja area.
It was gathered that the victim’s father had allowed her
daughter to follow the lecturer on July 23, to
UNILAG for an admission process.
According to reports, Baruwa allegedly took the girl
inside one of the study halls, bolted the door, and raped
her.
After the incident, Caroline, who told her parents about
the rape, was taken to a non-governmental organisation,
Mirabel Centre, where she was tested and the medical
result reportedly confirmed that the teenager had been
raped.
After the confirmation, Caroline was taken to the Lagos
State Office of the Public Defender, where the matter
was reported at the police station. Baruwa was
subsequently arrested.
A police source in Surulere said:
“The suspect is actually a friend of the father of
the girl. The girl had written the Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination, and she
needed assistance with the post-UTME.
“So, the father sent her to meet and discuss with
the lecturer.
“But, it turned out that on July 23 when the girl
visited the suspect, he raped the girl in the study
room.
“The suspect confessed to the act, but his claim is
that the sex was by mutual consent.”
The Director of the Office of the Public Defender,
Mrs. Omotola Rotimi, said the OPD would write a
letter to the UNILAG Vice-Chancellor on the
incident, so as to ensure that such did not happen again
to anyone.
She said,
“The victim’s father wanted the lecturer to assist
with his daughter’s admission. On the fateful day,
the girl left with the lecturer as early as 5.30am,
and they got to the school at about 7am.
“No one had arrived at the hall except a woman.
While the exams had yet to start, he raped her.
She went home, and the father found out that her
daughter had been raped. He took her to the
Mirabel Centre, which then informed the OPD.
“The centre also contacted the police at the
Surulere and Isokoko divisions, and the suspect
was arrested.
“We are going to defend the girl, and we are
writing the VC. The suspect is said to be in the
Department of Accounting. He claimed the sex
was consensual, but that is not a defence.”
Baruwa, who is currently in custody, will be charged to
court on today, Thursday, Aug 6th.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP Patricia Amadin, confirmed the arrest.
She said:
“The suspect claims to be a part-time lecturer,
but not an employee of the University of Lagos.
“He has confessed to the crime and the medical
result proved same.”
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