47-year-old man rapes
neighbour’s 18 month old baby in Ikorodu
BY TIWA TIWA · AUGUST 9, 2016
A 47-year-old man, Emmanuel Magbatie, has been arrested for
allegedly defiling an 18-month-old girl (names withheld) in Owutu axis of
Ikorodu, Lagos State.
This came barely a week after the Lagos State Government sought
compulsory psychiatric test for rape and other domestic violence offenders in
the country.
Vanguard gathered that Magbatie, an artisan, who reside in same
building as the victim’s parents, defiled the girl last week Wednesday. It was
learned that the victim was rushed to Ikorodu General Hospital by her parents
for treatment and to ascertain the impact of the act on her. Vanguard
investigation revealed that a day after, the victim was taken to Mirabel Centre
at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja, for test to help
the child overcome issues that may arise after.
Coordinator of Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response
Team, DSVRT, Mrs. Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, who confirmed the act, lamented that the
mother of the victim affirmed that the perpetrator was her neighbour. She noted
that the victim’s mother visited Mirabel Centre at LASUTH for appropriate
medical assistance and to aid the judicial processes. Vivour-Adeniyi noted that
DSVRT facilitated the transfer of the case from the Owutu Police Station to the
gender desk of the state Police Command in Ikeja last Friday to expedite action
on the case.
She noted that the Perpetrator would be detained to allow the
completion of the test and issuance of result from Mirabel Centre, after which
the case would be charged to court for proper judgment. Effort to speak to the
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmus proved abortive, as she
neither responded to calls nor replied text messages sent to her.
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