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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