A man, who allegedly kidnapped and raped a 22-year-old female undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, for refusing to date him, has been arrested by the police.
The suspect, Babajide Bashorun, also 22, is a dog breeder. He was said to have raped the student, took pictures of her nudity and posted them on the Internet, with the victim’s academic details.
The Nation learnt that the victim was unaware of the development until her colleagues told her.
The matter was reported at the Adeniji Adele Police station from where operatives moved to arrest Bashorun.
Detectives are also hunting for two undergraduates of the university – Aje Mayowa and Babajide Ademuyiwa – both 400 level students of Architecture, for their alleged complicity.
Narrating her ordeal, the girl (names withheld), said: “Jide came to our house to treat our dog. He asked for my Black Berry pin and phone numbers, which I gave him because I saw him as a friend. When he suddenly said he wanted to date me, I told him that I already had somebody that I love. But he insisted.
“I deleted him from my BB and phone. I was returning home for the weekend one day, when a car drove and blocked me at Idumota bus stop. Jide was in the car. When I saw Jide, I hissed and made to walk away. He held my hand, dragged me closer and showed me a gun under the waist band of his trousers. He dragged me into the car and took me to his house. He started beating me and tore my clothes. He and his friend raped me.”
She recounted further: “He asked me to unlock my phone. My password is my boyfriend’s name. He started beating me again because I used my boy friend’s name as my password. He gave me his phone to speak with his cultist friends. They threatened to kill me. He hit my head and back with a bottle. When he wanted to take my picture, I tried to cover my face, but he started beating me again. He took different shots. When I was bleeding, he begged me, that he didn’t know what came over him. His friend, had left.”
“I cried. He asked me for what I would eat, I said I was not hungry. He did not allow me call my mother. I begged him to delete my nude pictures, but I guessed he didn’t. He covered my face with a shirt. In the morning, he made to get me some drugs.
“I was surprised that the door was unlocked … I ran out. When I got home, my brother saw blood on me. I told him I had an accident and told my mother I fought with a fellow student, who used to smoke Indian hemp.”
“When Jide discovered I had escaped, he called and said if I told anybody, he would kill me. Because he is a cult member, I didn’t. His friends also threatened me.”
The girl’s mother said: “When Jide discovered that we had been informed of the crime, he threatened that he and his co-cultists would come to burn our house down! We couldn’t sleep. We embarked on a vigil.”
Bashorun said: “She is my girlfriend. We fought in April and settled. I have begged her and she has forgiven me. What happened in April was that she asked me for money, that she wanted to buy I-Pad. The costs is about N100,000. She was always asking for money. And I always tried my best to satisfy her.
“I raised about N70,000 for her. She came to my house to collect the money. I told her to desist from going to clubs for prostitution. We fought. I used floor mop to hit her back. I took her pictures, sent them to my friend, but I didn’t tell him to distribute them on the Internet.”
Bashorun was charged to Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos lsland before Magistrate A.O Awogboro on a six-count charge of kidnapping, rape, conspiracy, attempted murder, indecent assault, and assault occasioning harm.
He pleaded not guilty. He was granted bail with three sureties in the sum of N250, 000 each. The case was adjoined till July 10.