facing trial at a Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting at Ogba,
Agege where he has been charged with alleged attempt to
rape two men.
Sadeeq (27) allegedly attempted to forcefully have sexual
intercourse with a transporter, Oladimeji Taiwo, and a
teacher, Yusuf Idowu, on October 9 and 10. The incident
allegedly took place at No 9 Disu Akogun Street, Dopemu,
Lagos.
The two-count charge against the suspect read: “That you,
Saseeq Mustapha, on the 9th day of October, 2015 at 9, Disu
Akogun Street, Dopemu, Agege, in the Ikeja Magisterial
District, did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause the
breach of peace by forcefully wanting to have sex with one
Oladimeji Taiwo ‘m’ and thereby committed an offence
punishable under Section 166 (d) of the Criminal Laws of
Lagos, Nigeria, 2011.
“That you, Sadeeq Mustapha, on the 10th day of October,
2015, at about 02.30hrs, at the same place and magisterial
district, did forcefully wanted to have sex with one Yusuf
Idowu ‘m’ by ordering him to pull off his clothes and
committed an offence punishable under Section 166 (d) of
the Criminal Laws of Lagos, Nigeria, 2011″.
The suspect pleaded not guilty to the charges and was
granted bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like
sum.
In his statement to the police, Oladimeji, one of the alleged
victims narrated that the defendant met him in Dopemu area
of the state, introduced himself as a pastor and then asked
him for road direction around the area. After directing him,
the alleged victim said the suspect requested to pray for him
and that, since he liked associating with men of God, he took
him (the pastor) to his house where he introduced him to his
fellow tenants as a brother.
Oladimeji explained that they went into prayer session after
the suspect had “blessed a table water he bought” on their
way home, saying the prayer, which started late in the night,
lasted for some time. He alleged that while the prayer lasted,
the suspect ordered him to pull off his trousers and shirt,
which he did. He added that, at a point, he started noticing
some moves by the suspect and, as such, decided not to
close his eyes anymore.
Oladimeji further alleged that the suspect’s mood changed as
he asked him to lie down flat because, according to the
suspect, the level of prayer they were about to go into
required that he (the suspect|) lies on top of the person
receiving the prayer. But that on noticing that the suspect
was about to sleep with him rather than pray for him, he
stood up, directed his gaze at the suspect, who had noticed a
resistance to his intention, and warned him sternly against
the attempt. He said he called off the prayer and sat down
wondering with disbelief the alleged attempt to rape him.
He said that because he didn’t want to disgrace a man who
said he was a man of God and the fact that he had already
introduced him as a brother, he allowed the suspect to go in
the morning, unmolested, but told him never to come to his
house again
.Oladimeji said that after that, he left for work and did not
return till the following morning. Upon his return, the alleged
victim was amazed to still meet the suspect in his house.
This was because the second victim, Yusuf, who only saw
the Sadeeq and his co-tenant the previous night, did not
know what had happened and, as such, had admitted the
suspect into his apartment the second night during which the
defendant allegedly attempted to rape him in the same
manner he tried to rape Oladimeji the previous night.
On sighting the suspect, the latter said he ordered him to
leave the house immediately but that Mustapha refused,
prompting him to pick up a machete to attack him but for the
intervention of neighbors who were later shocked to hear
what the suspect allegedly did to his two victims. Still
reluctant to leave the house, Oladimeji said he called his
uncle, who instructed him to get the suspect arrested, which
he did.
