•He promised to sponsor my education
•Our mother traveled to Libya, father abandoned us
By Dayo Johnson, Akure
A 35-year old commercial motorcyclist, Ademola Adepetu, has been arrested for allegedly raping his lover’s 12-year old daughter. The victim who narrated her ordeal before an Akure Magistrate court said that she was locked inside a room and raped severally.
She said that her father had abandoned her and her two younger siblings, aged 7 and 3, while their mother also traveled to Libya in search of greener pastures two years ago.
According to her “Before travelling, my mother rented one-room apartment for us and left us in the care of her younger sister, who later absconded and never returned”. She blamed her parents for negligence, noting that the defendant took advantage of their abandonment.
She said the defendant lured her with promises of sponsoring her education, but ended up assaulting her sexually four times.
Meanwhile, Adepetu, has been arraigned before the court on a one-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse. Adepetu who pleaded guilty insisted that the girl was 15 years old when he had carnal knowledge of her.
The defendant claimed that a 15-year old girl was old enough to “know a man.”
He also told the court that he married his first wife before the age of 12.