Part-Time Unilag Lecturer Rapes 18- Year-old Female Seeking Admission

A part-time lecturer at the University
of Lagos, Akoka, Afeez Baruwa, has
been arrested by the police in
Lagos for allegedly raping an 18-year-
old girl, identified as Caroline (not her
real name).
It was learnt that the victim, who was
reportedly raped inside a study room,
was seeking admission into the
University.
Baruwa who was arrested by the
Surulere Police Division on Monday,
August 3 told the police in his
statement that the sexual intercourse
was by mutual consent, insisting that
he did not rape the victim.
Caroline got to know the lecturer
through her Dad because they
both belonged to the same landlords’
association in the Abesan, Ipaja area.
It was gathered that the victim’s
father had allowed her daughter to
follow the lecturer on July 23, to
UNILAG for an admission process.
According to reports, Baruwa
allegedly took the girl inside one of
the study halls, bolted the door, and
raped her.
After the incident, Caroline, who told
her parents about the rape, was taken
to a non-governmental organisation,
Mirabel Centre, where she was tested
and the medical result reportedly
confirmed that the teenager had been
raped.
After the confirmation, Caroline was
taken to the Lagos State Office of the
Public Defender, where the matter
was reported at the police station.
Baruwa was subsequently arrested.
A police source in Surulere said:
“The suspect is actually a friend of
the father of the girl. The girl had
written the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination, and she
needed assistance with the post-
UTME.
“So, the father sent her to meet and
discuss with the lecturer.
“But, it turned out that on July 23
when the girl visited the suspect, he
raped the girl in the study room.
“The suspect confessed to the act,
but his claim is that the s*x was by
mutual consent.”
The Director of the Office of the
Public Defender, Mrs. Omotola
Rotimi, said the OPD would write a
letter to the UNILAG Vice-Chancellor
on the incident, so as to ensure that
such did not happen again to anyone.
She said,
“The victim’s father wanted the
lecturer to assist with his daughter’s
admission. On the fateful day, the
girl left with the lecturer as early as
5.30am, and they got to the school
at about 7am.
“No one had arrived at the hall
except a woman. While the exams
had yet to start, he raped her. She
went home, and the father found
out that her daughter had been
raped. He took her to the Mirabel
Centre, which then informed the
OPD.
“The centre also contacted the
police at the Surulere and Isokoko
divisions, and the suspect was
arrested.
“We are going to defend the girl,
and we are writing the VC. The
suspect is said to be in the
Department of Accounting. He
claimed the s*x was consensual, but
that is not a defence.”
Baruwa, who is currently in custody,
will be charged to court on today,
Thursday, Aug 6th.
The Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Patricia
Amadin, confirmed the arrest.
She said:
“The suspect claims to be a part-
time lecturer, but not an employee
of the University of Lagos.
“He has confessed to the crime and
the medical result proved same.”

Source: Punch