The Lagos state police has finally arrested the ‘uncle’ that allegedly raped his housemaid, 16-year-old orphan, Janet (not real name) while his wife tortured her and accused her of seducing her husband.
The suspect, Afrobest Chinedu Eze, a trader at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, was arrested on Wednesday after several efforts by the police to track him down.
Punch had reported how 16-year-old Janet happily agreed to leave her hometown in Akwa Ibom State
to work as a housemaid for the Ezes family in Lagos.
But barely three months after she started living with them, she had allegedly been raped by the man of the house, Mr. Afrobest Eze, three times in his wife's absence.
According to the girl, when Mrs. Eze came back from her travels, she summoned her. Janet said the woman accused her of seducing her husband while she was away and she tortured her as a result.
But Eze said that the girl was simply lying about everything.
The Divisional Police Officer of Iba, Mr. Michael Falade, explained that the suspect had not been transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation he had not personally heard the verbal allegations of the girl.
On Friday, it was confirmed that Eze had finally been tranferred to the DCI for further investigation.
Executive Director of the Esther Child Rights Foundation, Mrs. Esther Ogwu, who is handling Janet’s case, called on the Lagos State Government to find her a proper home.
“We are concerned that while the case lasts, the girl’s life may become stagnant even though she is already traumatised. That is why we submitted a letter to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Team of the Lagos State Government and the National Human Rights Commission to seek a concerted effort to help the girl,” she said.
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