UNILAG Student Narrates How She Was Kidnapped and Raped By a 22 Year Old for Rejecting His Love Advances

UNILAG Student Narrates How She Was Kidnapped and Raped By a 22 Year Old for Rejecting His Love Advances

Babajide Bashorun, a 22 year old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a UNILAG student because she had turned down his love advances to her.
Babajide is also said to have photographed his victim in the nude and posted the photos on the internet with her real name, school, department and even age.
The suspect denies these allegations saying that the victim was his girlfriend. He does agree to having taken the nude photos but he says he only shared them with his friends Aje Mayowa and Babajide Ademuyiwa. The two are final year students of architecture in University of Lagos.
The incident took place two months ago but it’s only recently that the student has come out about it. This is after some relatives abroad stumbled on the nude photos on the internet and felt prompted to contact her mother in Nigeria the week past.
The UNILAG rape victim’s account:
“Babajide came to our house to treat our dog. In the process, he requested for my phone number and I reluctantly gave him. He started calling me and told me he would like to go out with me.
“But I told him I already had a boyfriend whom I loved. Yet, he kept calling me, saying he was not interested in just going out with me but wanted to marry me. Aside from that, he kept monitoring my movements and at a point, I deleted his contact on my phone.
“I was returning home for a weekend in April, a car stopped by my side at Idumota bus-stop. Jide was sitting beside a driver who was unknown to me.
“On sighting him, I walked past. But the next thing he did was to hold me by the hand, dragged me into the car and drove to his house.
“When he got home, he started beating me and tore my clothes, asking what I wanted that he could not give me. He instructed me to unlock my phone and when he discovered that I used my boyfriend’s name as password, he resumed the beating.
“At a point, he gave me his phone to speak with some of his friends who told me I was in for trouble, for turning down a member of their unnamed cult, threatening that they would kill me for treating him shabbily.

“Thereafter, he raped me and when he was done; his friend took his turn despite my plea. When he saw I was bleeding, he stopped and started begging me. At that point, he brought out his phone and started taking my nude pictures.  I made attempt to cover my face but he hit me on the head with a bottle and continued taking the shots.
“I begged him to allow me call my mother to give him some money for my release but he refused. I also appealed to him to delete my pictures when he started begging me.

“I stayed in that room all night till the next day when he went out to get me some drugs. Immediately he stepped out, I tried the door and discovered it was not locked from outside. I quickly changed into one of my dirty clothes in my bag and escaped.
“But I could not tell anyone at home. When my elder brother asked what the problem was on seeing the blood stained clothes, I told him I was involved in  an accident and when my mother insisted on knowing what the problem was, I told her I fought with a course mate. She insisted on going to school with me on seeing the magnitude of the injury but I prevented her.

“Barely had I settled down than Babajide called, threatening to kill me if I disclosed what happened to anyone. As if that was not enough, his friends also called and threatened me as well.”
The suspect insists she is his girlfriend as he expressed shock over his arrest.
“She is my girlfriend. We only fought in April and have resolved the matter,” said the suspect.

“What led to the fight was her request for money to buy an IPad which cost over N100, 000. Because of my love for her, I managed to raise N70, 000. She visited me on that day and I advised her to change her way of living which included going to club.
“I also accused her of flirting with other men. Along the line, we started fighting and I used a mop stick to hit her and in the process, took shots of her and sent the pictures to my friends. But I did not tell them to paste the pictures on the internet.”
The police are in the process of arresting Babajide Bashorun’s two friends on allegations of posting the photos of the female student in the nude on the internet. Babajide is being charged with kidnapping, rape, conspiracy, indecent assault, and assault occasioning harm plus attempt to commit murder.