An investigating police officer (IPO), ASP Babatunde Ashifat, revealed how Jelili Lawal allegedly fatally raped a 78-year-old woman in front of an Ikeja Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday.
Ms. Bukola Okeowo, the Lagos State Attorney-General, called Ashifat as a witness in Lawal’s reopened rape trial.
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The witness stated that he received the case to investigate on January 2, 2019.
He said that two women who witnessed the defendant raping the elderly woman alerted a police officer on night patrol when they saw him.
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According to the witness, the elderly woman was with the defendant on January 1 of this year at the Maryland Bus Stop in Lagos State, where she requested his assistance in finding her home. He said: “The defendant gave her N500, and they boarded same bus.
“On getting to a bus stop, the defendant told her to come down, took her to an uncompleted building in a bushy area, assaulted and raped her at night.
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“The victim was crying for help when two ladies heard her and caught the defendant in the act.
“They helped the woman by calling the policeman on patrol.” The witness further told the court that the victim, who had problem with her ears, had been declared missing by her family.
The IPO said woman sustained injuries from the rape and later died from excessive bleeding.
“The victim was bleeding from her anus and vagina, and I gave a medical form for her to be taken to the Mirabel Medical Centre.
“The medical doctor, who examined her, confirmed that there was a forceful penetration into her vagina. “I was later told that the victim died due to the bleeding,” the witness said.
The IPO also said that, after the report was made, he recorded statements of the victim and the defendant. He further said that he visited the scene of the crime, which was bushy and abandoned.
Justice Rahman Oshodi adjourned the case until Oct. 27 for the continuation of trial.
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