he NYSC national headquarters in Abuja and the police are investigating a case of rape involving a traditional ruler in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State and a female youth corps member serving in his domain.
The 23-year-old corps member had petitioned the state NYSC secretariat alleging that the traditional ruler mischievously lured her into his residence on March 23 and raped her.
Narrating her ordeal in the petition, the girl alleged that the traditional ruler, who had
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threatened to kill her following her stiff opposition to his mischief, stripped her naked, and soaked her dress in water.
The girl, who is currently carrying out her primary assignment at a community school in the town, deposed in her petition that before the incident, she was introduced to the traditional ruler by her ward coordinator during the INEC voter registration in the area.
“One day, on my way from the ward, the traditional ruler gave me a ride in his car, during which he requested me to be a computer facilitator for the schools in the community.
“That was after he got to know that I was computer literate, and we agreed on the format the assignment would take,” she added.
She claimed that on the day of the incident, she had just taken the benefiting students through a computer appreciation session, when the traditional ruler offered to take her back to her station.
She alleged that rather than drop her at her station, he pleaded with her to accompany him to Osogbo, “where he wanted to do a follow-up on the computer programme.”
“He said I should not worry that he would bring me back home, and we eventually arrived at his residence in Osogbo, where he entertained me.
“It was getting late and I wanted to go home, but he started behaving funny. I pleaded with him to allow me go home, but he turned down my pleas,” she said.
The corps member alleged that the traditional ruler stripped her naked and went outside to soak her clothes in water, but that before he returned to the room, she had locked the door against him.
She alleged that the threat by the traditional ruler to kill her made her to open the door for him, after which he overpowered and raped her.
The state NYSC Coordinator, Mr. Henry Enyenihi, told newsmen on Tuesday in Osogbo that the matter had been reported to the police and the NYSC National Secretariat.
He said the NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Maharazu Tsiga, had briefed a lawyer to pursue the matter to a logical conclusion.
Enyenihi noted with regret that a traditional ruler “who is expected to play the role of a parent to the young corps member, turned out to be the same man violating her.”
A senior police officer at the state police headquarters who spoke under anonymity, said the case was being investigated.
Source....NDN
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