A 34-year-old man, Solomon Ajisafe, has
been arrested by the police for allegedly torturing his girlfriend, Tope
Amuda, in the Igbo Olomu, Ikorodu West area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that
Solomon, together with his mother, a leader in the Oodua People’s
Congress, and some hoodlums flogged Amuda with canes for alleged
adultery.
Our correspondents were told that
afterwards, she was taken round the community, before ground pepper was
allegedly inserted in her private parts.
The incident happened last Sunday at about 7pm on Aminu Toyin Street.
A resident, who identified herself only as Adunni, told PUNCH Metro that attempts made by neighbours to stop the torture was rebuffed by the OPC.
Adunni said Amuda, a 25-year-old Osun State indigene, lost her mind due to the trauma she suffered.
She said, “They did not allow anybody to
rescue her. They made jest of her for hours as they took her round the
community. I saw her; she was speaking to herself and was incoherent.
That was when I discovered that she had lost her mind.”
The General Secretary, Igbo Olomu
Community Development Association, and Coordinator, Women Arise
Initiative in the area, Adebayo Obatungbase, said she reported the
matter at the Igbo Olomu Police Division.
She said the community was planning to
send away Solomon’s mother, whose name was given simply as Mrs. Ajisafe,
from the community.
She said, “The suspect’s mother calls
herself a prophetess, but she is also a member of the OPC. We have
decided to send her away from this community.”
The Chairman, Igbo Olomu CDA, Michael Adekoya, described the incident as “sheer acts of wickedness.”
He said, “The police are trying, but we
need special attention from the government. This community has turned to
something else. Why would a normal human being insert pepper in a
woman’s private parts?”
However, Solomon told our correspondents
that he only slapped his girlfriend, adding that they had been dating
for the past four years without anything to show for the relationship.
He said, “I am a hardworking man and I
had a son before I met her. We have dated for four years and during that
period; there was no child between us. She has been a thorn in my flesh
because she always made trouble with my family.
“She later fought with my mother and
because of that, she decided to pack out of the house. Nine months
later, she returned and said she was three months pregnant for me. That
was when I beat her. I confessed to the police that I beat her up, but
it was only a slap which made her eye to swell.”
Solomon’s sister-in-law, Ayomide Ajayi, a nursing mother, who was equally arrested, told PUNCH Metro she was innocent.
Ajayi, 27, said, “I don’t know anything about the allegation. You can ask her.”
But the victim, Amuda, insisted that Solomon and his family members tortured her.
Amuda, who spoke in Yoruba, said, “He
and his family members used bottle to insert pepper into my private
parts. I am done with this relationship. Let everybody go their separate
ways.”
A police source told one of our correspondents it was possible Amuda was also flogged with a charm.
The source said, “When we picked her
from the general hospital, she could barely walk. They really dealt with
her and she has been giving us some useful information on their occult
operation.”
Our correspondents learnt that the
Office of the Public Defender had equally shown interest, leading to the
arraignment of Solomon and Ayomide before an Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court
on three counts of assault.
The charges read in part, “That you,
Solomon Ajisafe, Ayomide Ajayi and others now at large, on June 14,
2015, at about 7pm on Aminu Toyin Street, Igbo-Olomu, Lagos, in the
Ikorodu Magisterial District, did assault one Opeyemi Amuda by beating
her with cane all over her body; that you indecently and unlawfully
assault her by inserting pepper and a bottle inside her vagina, which
caused her bodily harm.”
The defendants pleaded not guilty.
The magistrate ordered that they be
remanded in custody, adding that the case file be forwarded to the
Directorate of Public Prosecutions, for legal advice.
While adjourning the case till July 15, 2015, the magistrate asked the police to take the victim to a rehabilitation centre.
Source- Punch
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