PARENTS BEWARE! See What Evil 60-Year-Old Landlord Did to Tenant’s 14-Year-Old Daughter

A 14-year-old girl reportedly collapsed in the passage of her parents’ rented apartment in the Fadeyi area of Lagos few minutes after she was allegedly raped by her parents’ landlord, identified as Christopher. Fortunately, residents, who promptly came to her rescue, averted a tragedy.

Punch gathered Christopher also came to the girl’s rescue, pretending nothing had transpired between them. He was however arrested after the girl confessed to her parents.

Recounting her ordeal, the girl said it all started the day she ran an errand for the landlord while her mother was away from home. She said,

“He has raped me three times. The first time was late last year when he asked me to buy him N10 sachet water. I bought the item and took it to his room, but he locked the door and pushed me to the bed. He pulled off my pants and I shouted for help.

He said he would kill me with a knife he had kept on the table if I didn’t shut up. He then brought out a black and white cloth, which he used to cover my mouth.

He brought something which he rubbed on my private parts and his own as well.

After he finished, there was blood everywhere. He brought water and said I should wash the bloodstains on my clothes. He gave me N100 to buy a drug to reduce my pain. He said I should not let my parents know that he had deflowered me. He said if they noticed, I should lie that it was a classmate that did it.”

She added that he sneaked to her parents’ apartment the following day, demanding for the pants she wore the day he deflowered her.

“I asked him what he wanted to do with it; he said he only wanted to see it. I gave it to him, and he took it away. The following day, he returned it to me and said I should make sure I wear it.

From that time, my private parts started itching me. I found it difficult to urinate,” she added.

She said the suspect threatened to kill her if she confessed to her parents and promised to buy her a mobile phone if she kept the secret.

She added that on the day she passed out, the suspect tricked her into his room again and raped her, but subsequently became weak. She said the suspect gave her a tin of milk to drink when she complained. She later left the room still dizzy and fainted.

Her mother, Elizabeth, who said she rarely stays at home due to the demand of her factory job, said the family never suspected Christopher could do that to their daughter, especially considering the role he played while she was ill. She said,

“I go to work in Agege around 3am, and return sometimes at 11pm, when they would have gone to bed. By the time I wake up in the morning, she and her siblings would still be asleep. When my daughter started complaining about itching in her private parts and could not urinate well, she told me it was her classmate that raped her. The landlord took me to the police station and together with some policemen we started looking for this classmate who allegedly raped her. I spent a lot of money and we went to different places, until the police became tired. We took her to a hospital for medical test and when I could not wait, I left my daughter with Christopher. When I asked him about the result of the test, he told me the doctors said everything was in order.”

Shortly, after her ugly experience with the landlord, she was again allegedly abducted and raped by three men while throwing trash away.

She recalled,

“They said I should not shout and that if I did, they would kill me. I can recognise one of them. They said I must not run, if I did, they would kill me. They took me to a house. They used clothes to cover my face and my mouth and raped me. I was shouting and crying, but nobody came to my rescue. After they were done, they started apologising to me. The following day, one of the rapists brought me back home around 6am.”

Her dad, Peter, who lost his welding job about 12 years ago, said the family apprehended one of suspects but some hoodlums hijacked him from while taking him to the police station. He said he could not tell the fate of the suspect, as the mob pummeled him, before taking him away.

Peter also said their neighbours have started keeping malice with them over the detention of their landlord.

He said:

“It is not our joy to continue to live in this kind of place, but what do we do? I lost my job in 2003 and my wife, who was a factory worker, has stopped working over this issue. We have spent our livelihood on the infection that affected her private parts.

We need the help of the government and the good people of Nigeria, not only to rescue our daughter, but to save us and give us justice in this case.”

The Coordinator of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the victim had been taken to the Mirabel Medical Centre where a case of rape was established.

She said, “We also informed the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Alakara Police Station and he organised officers who apprehended the suspect. However, the victim’s mother did not tell us that she was gang-raped. I think the level of awareness of the family is low. But we will see the case through.”

Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirming the landlord is in police custody, said:

“The man involved is a 60-year-old man. They all live together in Fadeyi. The case has been transferred to the SDCI and I have been informed that they have taken him to court. I am not aware that some boys gang-raped her.”