The Lagos State police command has arrested a 42-year-old teacher named Gbolahan Osinusi for allegedly raping a teenage girl in the Ketu-Epe area of the state.
Gbolahan, the victim’s guardian, is accused of taking the girl to a nurse named Mariam Fatolu several times for abortion drugs whenever she became pregnant.
Gbolahan reportedly had sexual relations with the girl from the time she was 12 until December 2023, when she was 17.
In a statement released on Monday, Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the Lagos Police Command, verified the occurrence and claimed that Gbolahan Osinusi had made the survivor take an oath promising to keep it a secret or else she would perish.
According to the police spokeswoman, on October 16, Gbolahan Osinusi was charged with a crime. According to him, Mariam has been brought to General Hospital Ketu-Epe for medical treatment
The statement reads in part, “On the 30/09/24 at about 1500hrs, a case of defilement/abortion was transferred from Festac Division to Gender unit of Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja.
“The complaint who reported the matter, alleged that one Gbolahan Osinusi ‘m’ aged 42, a teacher at a school in Ketu-Epe, Lagos State and also the guardian to her 12 year old had been having sexual intercourse with her since the survivor was 12 years old till December 2023 when she was 17 years.
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“She added further that Gbolahan Osinusi forced the survivor to swear on oath not to tell anyone, else she will die and that he took her severally to a nurse by name Mariam Fatolu for abortion drugs to be administered on her whenever she got pregnant. Hence the complaint.
“The said Gbolahan Osinusi has been charged to court, on 16/10/24 while the said Mariam is currently admitted for medical attention at General Hospital Ketu-Epe. She will be charged to court as soon as possible.”
(Saharareporters)
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