A
young girl has opened up about the inhumane treatment she was made to
receive at the hands of her uncle who had ironically promised to make
life better for her.
The little girl, a 14-year-old, only identified as Faith
(pseudonym), told of how her uncle made her have s*x with him very
frequently after he brought her to Lagos.
Faith who hails from Delta State has said that when her uncle
brought her to Lagos State three years ago, little did she know she
would end up as his s*x slave.
According to The Punch, Faith said she was excited to follow her
mother’s brother, Chigozie Bright, to Lagos in 2013 after she was
assured of obtaining quality education in Lagos.
The victim, whose mother lives in Mali, added that the 27-year-old
uncle, had sex with her four times in a week between 2013 and 2016,
saying the police saved her randy uncle.
The minor, who claimed her uncle always threatened her to keep the
act secret, said she summoned courage and confided in one of her
schoolmates.
The friend was said to have advised her to report the case to the police at the Isokoko division which led to Bright’s arrest.
The victim told the police that Bright had initially sent her to
work for a woman as a housemaid but later took her to Aguda, Surulere,
to live with him.
She said, “My uncle brought me from Delta State in 2013 to live
with him in Lagos and promised to give me quality education. He is my
mother’s brother. My mother lives in Mali.
“I was 11 years old when he started having s*x with me. He
initially took me to a woman. He had an issue with the woman and I
started living with him. He had s*x with me four times in a week.
“He warned me not to tell anyone. But when I could no longer
bear it, I told one of my friends in school and she advised me to report
him to the police.”
Bright, in his statement to the police, confessed to the crime. He, however, said he slept with his niece once in a week.
He said, “I was the one who brought her to Lagos. When she
arrived in Lagos in September 2013, she stayed with me for a week and I
took her to a woman because I was advised not to leave her alone at
home.
“She had a misunderstanding with the woman and the woman said
she did not want her again. Since then, she had been staying with me and
we had s*x every Saturday. But I ensured I did not ‘release’ into her
private parts.”
The suspect was subsequently brought before an Apapa Magistrates’
Court on one count of rape by a police prosecutor, Francisca Job.
The charge read, “That you, Chigozie Bright, on April 9, 2016,
on Akinola Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos State, in the Apapa
Magisterial District, did defile a 14-year-old girl by inserting your
p*nis in her private parts, thereby committing an offence punishable
under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”
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