Residents of Oke Ota community in the Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos
State, on Thursday blocked the Ibeshe Road to protest against the rape and
killing of a Ghanaian resident, Grace Obinna, by a man who call himself as
Badoo (nickname) but no one in Oke Ota community in the Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos
State know his real name.
PUNCH Metro learnt that apart from 27-year-old Obinna, Badoo
had raped two other women in the area, cutting them with knives afterwards.
Punch correspondent learnt that Badoo, who sneaked into
women’s apartments only at night, had also struck in Ilemeren, Abule, Oluwoye,
Ibeshe Titun, and other communities around Oke Ota.
It was gathered that the attack on Obinna, a mother of one,
which occurred around 1am on Sunday, was Badoo’s latest, which had forced other
women to relocate to houses outside the community.
PUNCH Metro gathered that on Sunday, Badoo broke the window
into Obinna’s apartment and went into the room of the victim while her husband
was away.
The assailant was said to have raped Obinna and hit her head
with weapons.
It was learnt that when neighbours and local vigilance group
members, who heard the victim’s cries, got to the room, the man had fled, while
Obinna and her baby were in a pool of blood.
Punch correspondent gathered that the Ghanaian was rushed to
two hospitals, but was rejected.
She was confirmed dead at the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
Reports learnt that the matter was reported at the Ipakodo
Police Division and the residents added that the suspect had threatened to
wreak more havoc in the community.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the panic prompted the Thursday’s
protest, as residents blocked the Ibeshe Road and demanded that security
agencies mobilise to the area to arrest the suspect.
The Chairman of the landlords’ association, Pastor Abayomi
Adelakun, told PUNCH Metro that the man attempted to rape an 86-year-old woman
in the community a week before the Ghanaian fell victim.
He said, “Two weeks ago, he came to Oke Ota and attacked an
86-year-old grandma. He attempted to rape her, but when she resisted, he injured
her in the nose. The woman was rushed to a hospital. She survived the attack.
“On Sunday, around 1am, I was called by a security man that
Badoo had raped and brutalised Grace (Obinna), who was a teacher with a
nine-month-old baby. When we got to the scene, I could not recognise the lady
again. All her teeth had been removed; she was in a pool of blood. She was
rejected at two hospitals, but confirmed dead at LASUTH.
“Badoo forces himself into women’s rooms, rapes and
brutalises them if they resist. He was doing that in neighbouring communities
and has now come to Oke Ota.”A resident, who gave her name only as Adenike,
said Badoo usually sneaked into women’s apartments naked.
She said, “We do not know the power this man is using. He
does not steal; he only sneaks into women’s rooms and rapes them. After the
act, he uses a handkerchief to rub the victim’s private parts. Women, who have
seen him at night, said he also rubbed oil on his body and walked naked so that
no one could easily hold him. All of us can no longer sleep in our houses.”
The Baale of Oke Ota community, Chief Awoyemi Tijani, told
PUNCH Metro that his wife also could not sleep at home because of the attacks.
He said, “Nobody has seen him in the daytime. I don’t know
what he looks like. We call on the government to guarantee our security and
safety. Since the day we heard about this, my wife no longer sleeps at home. I
am wondering if Badoo is a spirit.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo
Badmos, said the command had commenced investigation into the incident.
She said, “The command learnt about the protest, although
the incident of rape and murder was never reported at the division. All necessary
mercenaries have been set in motion to arrest the culprit and to forestall a
recurrence.”
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