A 23- year- old lady identified only as Judith is
currently recuperating with heavy dosage of
antibiotics after surviving one of the worst s * xual
attacks in Lagos in recent times .
According to a report by Punch Metro , the
incident took place around 10: 00pm on Sunday ,
August 28 at 106, Lagos- Abeokuta Expressway ,
around Pako Bus Stop.
Judith’ s aunty , a trader in the area , said the
young woman had come to her stall around 9pm
that day to collect some money.
“I told her to wait so we could pack up together
later in the evening. She did. But around 9.30 pm
when I was still not ready , she said she would go
home. She had been sick, so , I thought it was
better. Some minutes after 10 pm, I packed up
and left, ” the woman said .
But to her surprise when she got home , she was
told Judith had not been seen since she left for
the shop. The family quickly mounted a search for
her in the neighbourhood . Her two brothers went
in search of her on streets in the area and they
did find her .
Speaking to a correspondent , one of her brothers
explained that when he found Judith, he could not
believe his eyes. “Her slippers were all torn , the
dress she was wearing was heavy with blood. She
was unsteady on her feet. She could hardly stand
up, ” he said .
A picture of Judith taken soon after she was
found showed the ivory-coloured skirt she was
wearing blotted with large patches of blood
behind and in front .
His brother said that when he became frantic and
started asking what happened to her , she could
hardly talk .
“She said some men raped her . Two men now
came out of the front of the house where I found
her. One asked me what I was shouting about. He
said , ‘ Because she was raped , is that why you
will not let people ‘ hear word ’? Is she the first
person that will be raped here ?’ After all , I gave
her Igbo ( hemp ) and she took it .’
“I was shocked. I could not believe that he had
the confidence to tell me he was even the one
who gave her Indian hemp. My sister said they
forced her to take the Indian hemp and two of
them raped her on a chair in front of a shop .”
Judith after the attack
Judith told her family that the men grabbed her
as she crossed the expressway on her way home ,
and when they covered her mouth and dragged
her to house number 106, which faces the
expressway, they took her inside and forced her
to take Indian hemp three times before they r * ped
her.
The two men who allegedly r * ped her were later
identified as Wasiu and Monaco , the names they
are popularly known by on the street, while the
man who boasted of being the one who gave her
the Indian hemp was identified as Olanrewaju
Osinubi .
Wasiu and Monaco are currently on the run .
Judith’ s brother explained that while he argued
with the two men, who initially came out , other
men came out of the house and joined them ,
threatening that if he did not leave with his sister,
he would be beaten up .
He said , “While we were arguing there , I luckily
saw a patrol van of policemen from the Dopemu
Police Division passing by and I quickly
approached them and explained how my sister
was raped .
“The policemen came down from their vehicle and
because the crowd of boys in front of the house
were threatening , one of the policemen cocked his
gun and they all fled.
“But, I immediately grabbed the one who said he
gave her Indian hemp to smoke ( Osinubi ) before
he could escape. The police took him and we all
went to the station. ”
While at the station, it was learnt that Judith
continued to bleed heavily as everywhere she sat
was soaked with blood .
The police asked the family to take her to the
Mirabel Sexual Assault Referral Centre for
treatment that night . But by the time they got
there around 12 .30am , the centre was close .
But officials at the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital , where the centre is located,
referred them to the Ifako General Hospital , where
sexual assault cases are also treated .
After the initial treatment there , Judith was again
referred to the Mirabel Centre the following day
where she was eventually given comprehensive
treatment .
It is unclear whether the centre has sent the
report of tests conducted on Judith back to the
police as is usually the practice .
