The police in Lagos have arrested a popular Fuji musician, Abass
Akande, popularly known as Obesere, for allegedly raping a 29-year-old
businesswoman, Olanike Olaiya as reported by the Vanguard.
Ms. Olanike said the musician raped her in his Okota residence,
Lagos. But Obesere, according to the report, is insisting that Ms.
Olanike was his lover and that they had sex as consenting adults.
According to the report, Ms. Olaiya, a National Diploma graduate of
business administration from Ibadan Polytechnic, told the police that
she knew Obesere through one of her friends, a certain Bola Okoro.
She said Ms. Okoro told her Obesere would assist in her business. See more after the jump.....................
Vanguard quoted her as follows: “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 fulfill.
“I could not bear the trauma and the bleeding and I reported the matter to the police.”
The report indicated Obesere was first arrested last Wednesday by
operatives from the Isolo Police Division where Ms. Olaiya reported the
matter.
He was subsequently released on administrative bail but later
re-arrested on Monday, when medical examination conducted on Ms. Olaiya
revealed that she was actually raped, the report says.
It added that the Divisional Police Officer, Isolo, Adamu Ibrahim,
has now ordered the transfer of the matter to State Criminal
Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, for further investigation.
Vanguard quoted unnamed sources as telling it that Obesere was
arrested after the police obtained a warrant of arrest from Isolo
Magistrate Court following the musician’s reluctance to honour several
police invitations sent to his house at Johnson Famiye Street, Canal
Estate, Ago, Okota.
Obesere however denied ever raping Ms. Olaiya, the report quoted the
musician as telling investigators. He insisted the woman was his lover
and that they made love when she visited him.
The musician, the report added, claimed he asked her to go to a
private hospital for treatment when she complained of bleeding, and that
he was surprised that she instead went to the police to report that she
was raped.
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