A five-year-old boy, who was allegedly
raped by a 25-year-old man, Ganiu Amusa, in the Alakuko area of Lagos
State, says the suspect dragged him into a bush before raping him.
The boy, Thompson (pseudonym), told PUNCH Metro on Thursday that Amusa also warned him not to disclose the incident to his mother when he got home.
PUNCH Metro had reported on
Tuesday, January 5, that the Lagos State Police Command arrested Amusa
on Hanson Street in the Alakuko area for allegedly raping the
five-year-old.
It was reported that Amusa, who was
arrested by the Alakuko Police Division, was transferred to the State
Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigation.
The matter was said to have been
reported to the police when Thompson began to complain about pains in
his anus to his mother, identified only as Adenike, who thereafter
raised the alarm.
When our correspondent visited Oremeji
Close, where the boy’s family stayed, Thompson, who was still taking
drugs, told our correspondent that he did not know the suspect before
the incident.
Thompson, a Nursery 2 pupil, said he was returning with his sister from his mother’s shop when the suspect accosted him.
He said, “My sister and I were coming
home from my mummy’s shop. My sister was riding a bicycle. She left me
on the road. Later, I saw uncle Gani running after me. I had not met him
before that day.
“The man said I should come. I did not
answer him. He started to run after me. He then dragged me to a bush
behind a house. He removed my shorts and put saliva in my anus. Then he
removed his thing and put it into my anus. He covered my mouth with a
cloth.
“There was no one in that bush. My sister was looking for me. My bum-bum was paining me. He warned me not to tell my mummy anything when I got home.”
A neighbour, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said the suspect took advantage of the fact that the boy’s
elder sister had wandered off to him to find his way.
She added that the bush where the suspect allegedly took the boy was a lonely area.
She said, “It was at about 2pm on
December 17, 2015. The boy and his sister were returning from their
mother’s shop in the Tollgate area. When they got to Hanson Street, the
sister rode a bicycle and left the boy to find his way.
“When the boy came back home that
afternoon, he was crying. We were anxious. Then we removed his clothes,
and when we checked his anus, it was red. We first brought shea butter
and applied it to the place.
“The bush is behind a storey-building.
It is a lonely area. The boy was quickly rushed to a specialist
hospital. He was given some antibiotic drugs, while tests were conducted
on him. The suspect’s family members have been coming to beg the
mother. They did not know what came over their son.”
Thomspon’s mother, Adenike, told our
correspondent that the boy had almost completed treatment in the
hospital, and he was getting better.
She said, “He has been taking his drugs. He is getting better.”
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police,
Fatai Owoseni, on Wednesday said the suspect would be charged to court
as soon as investigation was concluded on the matter.
“It is a case of sodomy. One Ganiu Amusa
was arrested for allegedly raping a male infant of five years old
through the anus. The case is still under investigation,” he added.
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