After his neighbor’s daughter accused him of raping her twice at their home in the Oja-Amukoko region of Lagos state, a man named only as Kayode committed suicide.
According to reports, Kayode was placed in charge of the 16-year-old girl after the victim’s mother, who was critically ill, was taken to the state’s Ikorodu area for treatment.
The victim’s father claimed that his daughter accused Kayode of rapping her twice, and that he had her phone seized to prevent her from informing her family.
“My daughter lives with her mother because my wife and I are no longer together,” he explained. My ex-wife had suffered a stroke, and we learned that she had a neighbour, Kayode, who had been assisting her with her care.
“However, when my ex-illness wife’s worsened, she was taken to Ikorodu for treatment, accompanied by her daughter.”
“As time passed, my neighbour had to go there to bring my daughter back to her mother’s house in Amukoko so she could continue her education.”
“However, she abruptly left her mother’s residence and arrived at my residence on the Ojo side.” She stated that she wanted to stay with me until her mother recovered.
“About 20 minutes later, Kayode arrived at my house and began claiming that he knew my daughter’s behaviour better than I did.
“He said that since he was the one who brought her home, if she was no longer staying at her mother’s house, he would have to return her to her mother in Ikorodu.”
“He also claimed that she came to stay with me because she wanted the freedom to go out and that he never agreed with her mother that she would stay with me.”
According to the victim’s father, Kayode returned his daughter to him after speaking with his ex-wife, but a few days later, he received a call from his ex-younger wife’s brother, telling him to go home and rescue his daughter.
“I rushed there, but I didn’t meet her at home,” he explained. When I called my ex-younger wife’s brother, he said he’d be there shortly.
“I saw my daughter after a few minutes, and she told me Kayode had raped her.”
“She explained that she couldn’t sleep alone in her mother’s apartment and that when she slept at Kayode’s, he raped her twice and took her phone.”
“When she told Kayode she needed to contact her mother, he handed over his phone to her, and instead of calling her mother, she texted her mother’s younger brother.”
“So we went to a police station, and she explained everything to the officers, who said they couldn’t listen to just our side of the story.” We went to Kayode’s house to pick him up, but he wasn’t there.
“The cops then told us to go to Orege General Hospital for a medical examination. We were also told to come back the next day while they looked for him.
“The next day, I got a call that Kayode had died after ingesting insecticide.”
“They discovered him in their backyard and rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead,” the victim’s father explained.
While verifying the incident, state Police Public Relations Officer Benjamin Hundeyin stated, “The victim’s father reported that his wife’s co-tenant, Kayode, defiled his daughter.” Following the report, police officers were dispatched to apprehend the perpetrator, but he was not found.
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“When Kayode’s brother came to the station to report that Kayode had committed suicide by drinking a substance suspected to be insecticide, the investigation was still ongoing.”
He continued, “The body was recovered but later released to the family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.”
