Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have apprehended a 51-year-old civil engineer, Oluwadare Adesanmi, for raping and impregnating his 15-year-old housemaid in the Dutse area of Abuja.
It was gathered that the victim is a Junior Secondary School pupil of a government school in the Dutse area.
Adesanmi, an Ondo State indigene, reportedly brought the teenager to her house two years ago and she had been living with the family in a one-bedroom apartment before the incident.
She disclosed to NAPTIP operatives that Adesanmi raped her on two occasions in the sitting room where she slept, threatening her on both occasions to deal with her if she reports to anyone.
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According to a statement from NAPTIP, “The first occasion of rape was when the man’s wife travelled and he sneaked into the sitting room and raped her after covering her mouth so that she would not shout. That was the day he deflowered the girl.
“The matter came into the open when one of the teachers in the victim’s school noticed some changes in the girl’s body and took her to a hospital. A pregnancy test was thereafter done and it came out positive.
“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed, but claimed that he slept with her only once.”
Confirming the arrest, the Director-General, NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect would be arraigned in court after the completion of investigation.
She said, “It is sad looking at the increase in cases of sexual abuse and molestation of children across the country, particularly the female child. We warn that NAPTIP shall henceforth hold parents of such children used as housemaids responsible.
“From all indications, it is the parents that often give them out to those sexually famished individuals, thereby jeopardising the future of such children in the process.”