A middle-aged man, Ajibode allegedly raped a sixteen-year-old girl named Olayemi Agbeloba, an apprentice at his wife’s residence. This incident confused the Eruwa community in the Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State. The victim, Saturday Vanguard gathered, died by suicide after the incident.
Ajibode, a welder, reportedly threatened to kill the girl if she revealed what happened to anyone.
According to reports, the girl had been learning fashion design from Ajibode’s wife and was living with her boss to assist with domestic chores.
According to a reliable source, things took another turn as she was sleeping in a room at the couple’s residence when Ajibode entered and allegedly raped her on June 23, 2023.
Worried by the development, the deceased was heavily traumatized by Ajibode’s action. As a result, she reportedly drank a substance suspected to be insecticide and died from the toxic substance.
When contacted Sunday, Agbeloba’s father had been inconsolable upon learning the circumstances that drove his daughter to take her own life. He stated that he reported the case at the Eruwa Police Station in pursuit of justice for his daughter.
However, he lamented that the police, while investigating the case, arrested Ajibode. He further added that the suspect had been boasting that nothing would come out of the case.
Sunday said;
“Olayemi went to Ajibode’s wife’s house early this year because my wife and I decided that she should learn handiwork. She had been staying with Ajibode and his wife for about six months and suddenly, we were told that she died.
“Later, we heard Ajibode had raped my daughter after which she drank an insecticide. This was confirmed by medical workers at the hospital she was taken to for treatment after she drank the insecticide.
“At the hospital, we were also told that before my daughter died, she said Ajibode raped her and that was what made her to drink the insecticide. I reported the case at the Eruwa Police Station and he was arrested and released. Since then, Ajibode has been claiming that he knows people and that there is nothing we could do to him. He raped my daughter and pushed her to die by suicide and he’s still very confident that he would go scot-free.”
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