#ChildAbuse! 14-Year-Old Raped By A 60-Year-Old Man. (See How It Happened)

I wonder why children don't tell when sexually abused! But I was able to get some facts on the reasons why they don't tell.

Victims try to cope with lingering and unexplainable feelings of shame and guilt at the abuse they have been forced to endure.

A victim will not tell because he or she will become a subject of pity, mockery or negative attention in the society.

That is exactly what happened to Muji (not real name) of 14-year-old who was sexually abused and raped by a 60-year-old bachelor - Segun Benson,

Segun Benson has been accused of raping a 14-year-old primary school pupil in Agege.

Segun, the only surviving child of his mother who has refused to be married, was said to have lured the girl into his room with N50 where he forcefully had a canal knowledge of her.

Narrating her gory experience, the victim said, “I am in primary six. On Friday, he gave me N50 to buy sweet for myself. He then asked me to caress his private parts. When I told him I would tell my daddy, he said I should not go home.

“He took me to his house around Railway Line where he raped me. I was there from 3pm till around 7pm. I started bleeding from his house and when I got home the blood did not stop. But I kept it secret until Saturday when people saw it.”

The victim’s mother, Taibat narrated how she found out.

“I have seven kids and she is the third child. I was sleeping when people called me that my daughter had been raped. I have never met the man before though he lives on the street. The government should take over the case and do what is right.”

A resident who raised the alarm when she saw the girl bleeding added her side of the story, “I saw her writhing in pain in a bathroom. She said she wanted to defecate, but I saw blood coming out of her private parts. “I raised the alarm and when other people arrived at the scene, she said it was Segun that raped her.”

A relative, Okunloye Kehinde, said the victim’s private parts had been damaged. “I got a call around 2pm that fateful Saturday. When I got there, I saw a crowd of people around her. I saw a container filled with blood. Even her clothes were drenched in blood.”

But the accused' mother was seen pleading for help. She said Segun is her only surviving child.

“Segun is my only child. I had four other children and they are all dead. He is the reason for my living. I don’t know why he did what he did.

“Each time I tried to get him a wife, he refused and told me he was old enough to look for a woman for himself. He said that many times without getting a wife. Please help me because he’s my hope.”

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba.

I hope earnestly that Lagos State Government's Sex Offender list will function like what is obtainable in other parts of the world.