Ex-US Naval Officer Escapes Rape Attack In Ekiti (Photo)

A retired United States naval officer Titilope Ayeni-Are was recently attacked in Ekiti.

Ayeni-Are

The Punch reports that the retired naval officer got into Nigeria recently after along stay in the United States. She was mean to assume her new role as a lecturer in one of the tertiary institutions in the state when the incident occurred.

 

Ayeni-Are’s residence, which is located at Charity Street, behind Petim Sawmill, Adehun, in Ado-ekiti, was invaded by robbers on Sunday, August 9. During the robbery operation between 9:15 am and 1:45pm, she was away in church. She however got back to meet three laptops, two DVD players, three mobile phones and a modem, missing.

Policemen however recovered a bunch of keys with which the robbers gained access into the house. When she decided to retrieve her stolen line three days later, she got to know that the line is still in use. This prompted her to request for the call log.

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Investigation revealed that the most frequent caller of the line was one Funke Adenowo, a cleaner at First Bank, Opopogboro branch, suspected to be the girlfriend of one of the burglars. Investigations by the police later got two brothers, Bode and Wale Fakorede as well as one Segun, who came from Ibadan to buy two of the three stolen laptops, in police net.

Wale and Bode were granted bail after they were arraigned before an Ado-ekiti magistrate’s court. Sadly, after their bail, Wale reportedly led another robbery attack to the ex-naval’s house on November 24. He attacked her with a machete, attempting to sexually molest her right in front of the her 5-year-old son.

Recounting her ordeal, Ayeni-Are said: “My five-year-old son was with me at the time. Wale, who led the other gang members I could not identify, told me to look at him very well. He said he planned to kill me. I was left in the pool of my blood, after which he went to ransack the bedrooms.

“He went back to switch on the generator and asked about where I kept money, my ATM card and PIN number. He asked about my husband and I told him that he was in America. He asked from my son where his father was and my son told him that his dad is in America.

“He asked for my car keys, particularly that of a Pathfinder SUV, I told him that I didn’t have any such vehicle. He asked about the three laptops, which were earlier stolen, I replied that I had given them out. He then removed my necklace. He asked me if I knew where they sent him after the first attack, I told him that it was the court that sent him there. He said that throughout the time, he never had the opportunity of enjoying sex and that it was now an opportunity to do it with me.

“The other accomplice, whom he came with, kicked against what he intended to do but he threatened him. He said he would do it right in front of my son for him (my son) to see the action. He ordered me to go back to the bedroom and unzipped his trousers and it was in that process that my phone rang. He dragged me out of the house to the back door and dragged me to a well. He attempted to throw me inside the well.

“When I fell off the well, he pinned me to the wall and in the course of the struggle, a rope and the cloth with which he gagged me removed and I screamed ‘O ti pa mi o, oti pa mi o’ (He has killed me, he has killed me). I ran towards the gate but unknown to me, my neighbours had already called the police.”

The suspects were later arrested. When contacted, the police public relations officer in the state, Alberto Adeyemi, said: “Yes, I am aware of the case. We are still investigating the incident and it is being handled by the DCI after the case was transferred from the Oke-Ila Police Station which conducted preliminary investigations. The investigation is still ongoing and when we conclude our investigation, the suspects involved will be charged to court.”

In another news, an unidentified man was reportedly burgled by men suspected to be armed robbers in his Iyana Isolo, Lagos residence.

As the year goes to an end, there have been incessant reports of robbery incidents in Lagos and its environs in recent weeks. Few weeks ago armed robbers raided a bank in Agbara area of Ogun state, killing innocent customers and security operatives.

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