There was pandemonium in Eruwa community, in the Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State as a sixteen-year-old girl, Olayemi Agbeloba, reportedly took her life after the husband of her boss, identified only as Ajibode, raped her.
The suspect, a welder, who committed the crime at their residence, was said to have threatened to kill the minor, an apprentice of his wife, if she revealed what happened to anyone.
The deceased, who was learning fashion design, was living with the family and also assist them with domestic chores until her death.
NIGERIACRIME gathered that on June 23, 2023, Ajibode entered the minor’s room when she was sleeping and raped her, provoking her to drink a substance suspected to be insecticide and died from the toxic substance.
The case has been reported at the Eruwa Police Station by Agbeloba’s father, Sunday, who had been inconsolable since he got to know of the circumstances that influenced her daughter’s decision to allegedly take her life.
However, Sunday said the suspect had been boasting that justice would not prevail in the matter.
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 drink the insecticide.
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“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 commit suicide and he’s still very confident that he would go scot-free.”
According to the bereaved mother, Folake, her daughter once confessed to her that Ajibode usually disturbed her while sleeping at night.
She said, “I can’t speak now because they have taken my daughter away from me. Is it a crime for someone to go and learn a trade? Ajibode raped my daughter and he and his wife are trying to hide the crime that he committed. My daughter is gone because of what Ajibode did to her.
“She once told me that her boss’s husband usually disturbed her at night when she retired to sleep in their house. I wanted to make her come back home but also wanted her to finish her apprenticeship. Look at what they did to my child?”
Contacted on Thursday, Ajibode’s wife declined to speak on the incident and refused to supply the mobile number of her husband.
She said, “I can’t speak. I am sleeping and I don’t even know you. I can’t say anything about that matter. I would rather see you before I say anything.”
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Asewale Onifeso, said, “A case of homicide was reported at the Eruwa Divisional Police Headquarters. It is also more like a case of defilement. However, investigations have been escalated. Further updates would be provided accordingly.”