LUTH Allegedly Refuses To Treat 18-Year-Old Girl After Being Allegedly Raped By Dispatch Rider, Policewomen Mock Victim
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has allegedly refused to administer medical treatment to an 18-year-old sales girl who was allegedly raped by a dispatch rider in Bariga area of Lagos state.
The shop owner, Temitope Bukola @_Temitopebukola took to Twitter to raise alarm about the incident.
Bukola stated that after admission of the girl at LUTH, the hospital asked her to drop charges before the young girl is administered Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) medication.
This is the story of my staff and right now the dispatcher has absconded, we’ve been meeting dead ends everywhere and even LUTH said that they can’t administer PEP medication because we are pressing charges! They want us to drop the charges before she can be treated! https://t.co/FCzllwyIBe
— STOP RAPING US!!! (@_Temitopebukola) June 5, 2020
She also said DPO at Ilaje Police Station has not been reached in order to formerly lodge the case.
We haven’t been able to see the DPO of police for Ilaje Police Station because he’s always “busy” everytime we’ve been there and according to them, the case hasn’t really been formerly lodged if the DPO isn’t aware of it.
— STOP RAPING US!!! (@_Temitopebukola) June 5, 2020
Bukola claimed that police women at Sabo police station and Ilaje police station also made snide comments at the girl, asking her why she did not raise an alarm while she was being raped.
The police women at Sabo police station said and I quote “you sure say you no enjoy am?” to a traumatized 18yr old girl that had just been raped!
The police women at Ilaje police station in Bariga said and I quote “you sef fit be say you enjoy am because you suppose shout”
— STOP RAPING US!!! (@_Temitopebukola) June 5, 2020
My girl started crying and I started crying because I was extremely angry and powerless!
They continued with “why you know bite am?” “You suppose give am mark for body”
All of these were said by the police to an 18yrs old girl that had just been raped
— STOP RAPING US!!! (@_Temitopebukola) June 5, 2020
Bukola went ahead to describe the man saying;
The man in question is a 45+ six foot man with lots of body mass. My girl is a small 18yrs old child.
She has been disowned by her father because of this matter even after we went and explained the situation by ourselves to the family.
She cries at the slightest things now!
— STOP RAPING US!!! (@_Temitopebukola) June 5, 2020
She asserted that after the young girl told her about the incident, she drove her to an hospital for medical treatment.
When he was raping her and she was shouting, he told her that even if she shouts nobody can hear her and save her, after he was done, he gave her 1k and told her to clean herself up!
When she told me, I told her not to bath so I drove down there and took her to an hospital
— STOP RAPING US!!! (@_Temitopebukola) June 5, 2020
The lady said some tests were done at the hospital and the doctor’s report revealed that there was forceful penetration.
We ran some tests and took his semen from her because the bastard even came in her!
We have his semen which means we can run DNA test if this was a normal country.
We have a doctors report that clearly explains that there was forceful penetration
— STOP RAPING US!!! (@_Temitopebukola) June 5, 2020
Many Nigerians on Twitter have bashed LUTH for refusing to treat the sales girl and the policewomen for mocking the victim.
See some reactions below;
Excuse me??! That literally makes NO sense. Charges have absolutely NOTHING to do with administering PEP? WTF???
— She (@17_xcx) June 5, 2020
LUTH should put out an explanation because nothing concerns administration of PEP and pressing charges. In the meantime let her get it from another facility.
Also ensure the doctor’s report and obtained semen are secured, theres a forensic lab in Lagos as well as in NPF HQ Abuja. https://t.co/FGhUM0uDTb— Baldilocks (@Baldilocks__) June 5, 2020
Feel free to sue LUTH for refusing to render medical services. Administering PEP doesn’t interfere with legal proceedings as far as I know and there is a 72 hour window for the optimal effectiveness of PEP. I am sorry for the experience. https://t.co/dAGg5U0vSO
— Oses (@DaddyOmoye) June 5, 2020
Jesus Christ! That rapist must be apprehended. The Dispatch Company, the rape apologist Police Officers and LUTH are mad.
— Call Me Shola (@SymplySola) June 5, 2020
As in!.. I wonder why our police officers who are our last hope resort to making jest/mockery of victims… How have we gotten to this point?… Gosh!
— eronsmathew (@ehizerons) June 5, 2020
Luth even want them to drop charges before treating the girl. Frustrating 😡.
— The Captain (@afobaba24) June 5, 2020
@LUTHofficial this is a new low for you people. Tueh!@PoliceNG some of your officers are worse than the devil himself. All of them go so meet their own for front.
Which company is the useless thing working for? What’s his name and picture? He need to be shamed online. Ndi uchu
— Blessed Beyond Measure (BBM) (@Drmuzoic) June 5, 2020
What kind of country is this? How can a hospital ask you drop charges before administering a time bound medication? I’m tired
— Omolara Grace Adeoluwa (@LaraAdeoluwa) June 5, 2020
Drop charges before she can be treated?? My God, it’s like the entire system in that country is designed to protect abusers. And those police women it will not be well with any of them!!
— 🇳🇬🇨🇦 (@ellatony419) June 5, 2020
What nonsense dropping of charges.?@PoliceNG here is something to do.
— 👑 Obong Ekpe 🐯🤴🐅 (@Ody_johnson) June 5, 2020
