by Azubuike Azikiwe

Olaniyan Oluwakayode, a 30-year-old native of Osun state, has been accused of raping a 20-year-old girl and subsequently uploaded pictures from the alleged rape on the social media.

The suspect reportedly raped the lady in his apartment at Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos state. According to the victim, after raping her, Oluwakayode took her pictures and uploaded them on a popular social media platform.

The suspect, who claimed that the girl was his girlfriend, was arrested by the Police at Ifako-Ijaiye and brought to the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA.

However, the victim said Oluwakayode was neither her boyfriend nor fiancée. She claimed to have her own boyfriend, and that the suspect used to stop her whenever she was going to work.

She said, “I did not go to his house as he alleged. On my way back from work Tuesday last week, I saw someone running out of his house. He held my hand saying he wanted to do what was on his mind. I asked him why he would do what was on his mind when I had not even accepted his advances. He insisted and dragged me inside the bush. When I wanted to shout, he brought out a knife and said he would kill me there.”

“From the bush, he dragged me to his house and locked the door. He used his legs to hold my neck, tore my skirt, my pants and bra, beat me up, and then raped me. When Oluwakayode’s sister came back around to 9p.m., she asked her brother to open the door, asking him if he wanted to kill me. He has been asking me out for a long time. I was never his girlfriend. I have my own boyfriend. He raped me painfully. Even his sister was crying and he snapped me immediately and his sister even threatened to call his mother,” she added.

Meanwhile, the suspect, Oluwakayode, while stating his own version of the story, insisted that the girl was his girlfriend, and he did not rape her.

He said, “I only fought with my girlfriend (the victim), but they are accusing me of raping her. I never deny the fact that I snapped her picture when she was naked. We were fighting. Any other allegation levelled against me is a big lie. The only thing I did, which I do not deny, is that I took her nude photographs.”

“She had been hurting me for a very long period and we had an issue which made me delete her number from my phone. Last week, I got a missed call. I called the number immediately. When I heard her voice, I asked her what she wanted.”

“They said I raped her; one thing is that I have conscience and she also has conscience: our conscience will judge. I never denied beating her. I did beat her with my head on her face and on her back when she held my manhood. All the allegations of bringing out powder, a knife and belt are lies. I have conscience and she has too. That’s all,” Oluwakayode added.