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| Obesere denies rape allegations |
Popular Fuji musician, Alhaji Abass Akande, otherwise known as Obesere has been arrested by the police in
Lagos for allegedly raping a 29yr-old lady, Miss Olanike Olaiya, at his Lagos residence.
The victim who reported the issue to the police said she got to know Obesere through a friend of hers, and that he (Obesere) promised to help her in her business.
Below is how she narrated her ordeal: “I got to know Obesere through one of my friends, Mrs Bola Okoro. She told me that Obesere would assist me in my business.
“I deal in office equipment and when I contacted Obesere, he asked me to meet him in his family house at Okota. When I met him, I introduced my business to him and he promised to connect me to some of his friends in Dubai who would sell goods to me on credit.
“After the discussion, he started demanding for sex and I refused and when I wanted to leave, he insisted I should sleep over in his house because it was late and he claimed that it was dangerous to go out late in the night in his area.
“I thought he was a responsible man and I decided to sleep over, but at the dead of the night, he came into the room where I slept and pounced on me.
“He raped me and afterwards inserted a ring he wore into my private part and I started bleeding. He hurriedly left me in the room saying he had an appointment to fulfil.
“I could not bear the trauma and the bleeding and I reported the matter to the police.”
According to reports, Obesere was first arrested on Wednesday last week but was released on administrative bail. He was later re arrested on Monday after medical examinations conducted on Miss Olaiya confirmed that she was actually raped.
The case has since been transferred by the Divisional Police Officer, Isolo, Adamu Ibrahim, to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, for further investigation.
However, Obesere denied raping her, he said Miss Olaiya is his lover, and they made love as lovers when she visited him in his home.
Culled from Naija Observer.
The Queen says,this will be an interesting case to determine.He is famous and claims she is his lover,do we even have the correct procedures and system in place to handle rape cases? The system is more based on the dated outlook questioning why a woman was in the guy's house or why she was wearing "that outfit" . As for forensic evidence,do me a favor..you must be joking! So i am quietly gonna hold my peace and see how this pans out..i have no idea on who could be guilty here,but i sure will like to know on what grounds they finally came to a decision when they make one.