A 11-year-old has accused her stepfather, identified simply as Okanla, of having sexual relations with her while she lived with him in the Itori area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.
She also claimed that hoodlums in Kara, Obafemi Owode area of the state, took turns to gang-rape her.
The shocking revelation came to light when the girl boarded a bus to Itori area on Monday, August 10 and narrated her ordeal to fellow passengers.
The girl revealed that she is an orphan but that her mother before she died got married to her stepfather who constantly molested her.
She said she has been homeless for a while and sleeps wherever she finds herself. While out in the streets, she revealed that older men raped her constantly, including “agbero” and “mallam”.
She added that sometimes two or three men rape her at once then complain that her vagina is too wide like that of an adult woman.
While narrating her ordeal, one of the passengers filmed as she spoke, saying;
When I was in Kara, some boys had sex with me. They were like two or three in number. They all had sex with me and while they were having sex with me, I felt the urge to urinate and they gave me the chance. But when I returned, I was told that my private parts were wider than my age.
My stepfather also used to have sex with me. My mum is dead and I don’t know my dad. But when I asked my mum about him, she said he was dead and I was taken to the village to see where he was buried. My stepfather, who used to have sex with me, lives in Itori, Abeokuta. His name is Okanla.
I am going to Itori and when I get to the market around the area, I will find a place to sleep till the following day and move on from there.
When passengers encouraged her to go to the police, she refused, saying that police have never helped her in the past.
The bus passengers eventually took the girl to Sango Police station in Ogun state but a female police officer allegedly slapped the girl.
The passengers were also allegedly threatened not to post any video recorded, or they will face the consequences.
However, a lady who was witnessed the incident shared the video on Twitter with a burner account.
In reaction to the allegations, Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said,
If they have gone to the Sango Police Station where we have ACP Sunday Agbonika as the Area Commander, there is no way they will make an official report on such that he will not take it upon himself because he is a professional that has been lecturing and training people on gender-based violence and violation of the girl child right.
Whoever can locate the girl should bring her forward. If those who brought her to the station have evidence, they should show us, if they know the policewoman they claimed to have met, they should come forward with their evidence so we can get the person and sanction her because that is not our character. It is the duty of the police to protect life and property.
Watch video of the young girl speaking below;
Rape case, the matter will be settled.