Culled from Vanguard...
19-year-old Chidi
Okolie, who is currently going through psychological trauma following an act of
gang-rape on him, Monday, in Badagry area of Lagos.Chidi, as gathered, left his home town in Izzih local government
area of Ebonyi state for Lagos, two years ago, in search of greener pasture,
following the demise of his parents.
The death of his
parents, reportedly forced him to drop out of school.But determined to irk a
living, he decided to come to Lagos,
where he started hawking along the Mile two- Badagry expressway.Along the line,
he came across a middle-aged man who promised to offer him employment, an offer
Chidi saw as a way out of struggle.
But he got the
shock of his life , on his supposed
first day at work, as he was allegedly gang-raped and robbed by his
supposed ‘messiah’ Hear him:
“ I saw Okafor Emmanuel as my messiah when he promised to
secure a job for me. I had barely finished selling on Monday when he called me
on phone to come down to Abule-Ado. I bought a sachet of pure water, washed by
face and straightened my clothes. I packed the remaining wares into a bag and
kept it, hoping to finish them the next day.When I got to the designated place,
I met Okafor with four other young men. He told me to accompany them to
distribute cigarets to his customers in Badagry, informing that, that was my first assignment. We did
that until 11pm and because it was late, he asked me to pass the night with
him. But at midnight, someone tapped me on the thigh and when I opened my eyes,
it was Okafor.
Lo and behold, he was
in his nude! He bent over and said he would want to have carnal knowledge of
me. I was shocked and concluded he could be drunk.I lied to him that I wanted
to urinate and left the room . But on getting to the sitting room, I met the
other four men stack naked as well. At that point , I concluded the job offer
was a mere trick to harm me.At that point, I decided to run outside . But
as I attempted to, they overpowered me
and tore my shirts into shreds before
pinning me to the ground with each having his way in turns.As if that
was not enough, they pushed me out of
the apartment that midnight, boasting that there was nothing I could do.
When I checked my pocket, I discovered
they had collected the N25,000 I made
from my sales.But I could not go back to
my uncle’s place that night so as not to be mistaken for a thief. All I did was
to collect a shirt I saw on the line and wore. I remained there until 6am
before leaving.Since the incident, he has been begging for forgiveness,
attributing it to the handiwork of the devil,without bothering to find out if I
was hurt.As I speak, I am still hurting all over but I can not go to the
hospital because I do not have money to
buy drugs. I really do not know how to get money to start bussiness all over again. As it is now, he has rendered me handicapped. You see why I
said life has been unfair to me? He asked.
So far, Chidi did not report the incident to the
Police as he claimed he was afraid he
might not get justice at the end. He also feared that Okafor and his
friends might carry out a severe deal against him, if he did.
Hmmm . Wicked world . I still blame the applicant . How can he go sleeping with some1 u don't know ? What if they killed him ? Shhh
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