THE Police in Lagos have arrested a staff of one of the electricity distribution companies in Nigeria, identified as Oloyede Bello, for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl, after giving her a strong dose of Tramadol.
The suspect, who has confessed to committing the crime, had lured the teenager to a hotel after helping her to recharge her prepaid electricity card at the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, Okota branch.
The Point learnt that Bello offered to buy the teenager a soft drink after the service, then took her to the hotel where he drugged and defiled her.
He said, “I offered to go and recharge their meter myself but her grandmother asked her to follow me. On our way back, I bought her a bottle of soft drink. But before giving it to her, I went to the hotel where I dropped 200 miligrams of tramadol inside. I took her to the hotel where I paid N2,500 and had sex with her.
“She slept for too long because of the drug and by the time she woke up, it was late. When she got home, they asked what kept her long and in the process, beat her in order to extract the truth from her. That was how she opened up. I have never committed such a crime in my life. This is the first time.”
The DISCO agent explained that he had been using tramadol to sleep every night because of the noise of the power generating sets in his compound.
“My intention was never to end up in this type of trouble. I dropped out of school two years ago because my mother, a widow, didn’t have money to pay for my SSCE exam. I started installing prepaid meters and was paid N1,000 commission. I have been saving the money to enrol for the SSCE examination. My mother is working as a maid to keep the family going,” he said in an emotion-laden tone.”
The Lagos Police Public Relation Officer, SP Mutual Adejobi, who confirmed the incident, said, “Investigation is ongoing on the case. The suspect is in our custody. He will face the law after the investigation.”
