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Residents of Oke Ota community in the Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Thursday blocked the Ibeshe Road to protest against the ra.pe and killing of a Ghanaian resident, Grace Obinna, by a man identified simply as Badoo.
Badoo had ra.ped two other women in the area, cutting them with knives afterwards.
Badoo broke the window into Obinna’s apartment and went into the room of the victim while her husband was away.
The assailant was said to have ra,ped Obinna and hit her head with weapons.
It was learnt that when neighbours and
local vigilance group members, who heard the victim’s cries, got to the
room, the man had fled, while Obinna and her baby were in a pool of
blood.
Our correspondent gathered that the Ghanaian was rushed to two hospitals, but was rejected.
She was confirmed dead at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
The Chairman of the landlords’ association, Pastor Abayomi Adelakun, said that the man attempted to ra,pe an 86-year-old woman in the community a week before the Ghanaian fell victim.
He said, “Two weeks ago, he came to Oke
Ota and attacked an 86-year-old grandma. He attempted to ra,pe her, but
when she resisted, he injured her in the nose. The woman was rushed to a
hospital. She survived the attack.
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The Baale of Oke Ota community, Chief Awoyemi Tijani, also said that his wife also could not sleep at home because of the attacks.
He said, “Nobody has seen him in the
daytime. I don’t know what he looks like. We call on the government to
guarantee our security and safety. Since the day we heard about this, my
wife no longer sleeps at home. I am wondering if Badoo is a spirit.”
A resident, who gave her name only as Adenike, said Badoo usually sneaked into women’s apartments naked.
She said, “We do not know the power this
man is using. He does not steal; he only sneaks into women’s rooms and
ra,pes them. After the act, he uses a handkerchief to rub the victim’s
private parts. Women, who have seen him at night, said he also rubbed
oil on his body and walked naked so that no one could easily hold him.
All of us can no longer sleep in our houses.”
