Popular Fuji musician, Alhaji Abass Akande, popularly known as Obesere, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly raping a 29-year-old business woman, Olanike Olaiya, in his Okota, Lagos State residence.
The victim, who took the matter to the police, also narrated her ordeal in the hands of the musician, whose shows generally fascinate society women.
According to Olaiya, a National Diploma graduate of Business Administration from The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State: “I got to know Obesere through one of my friends, Mrs. Bola Okoro.
“She told me that Obesere would assist me in my business.
“I deal in office equipment and when I contacted Obesere, he asked me to meet him in his family house in 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 the 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, 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.”
Further checks by The Eagle Online confirmed that Akande was first arrested last week Wednesday by the Police at Isolo Police Division, where Olaiya reported the matter.
He was released on administrative bail.
He was later re-arrested on Monday when the medical examination conducted on Olaiya revealed that she was actually raped.
The Divisional Police Officer, Isolo, Adamu Ibrahim, was said to have ordered the transfer of the matter to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba for further investigation.
Sources disclosed that Akande’s arrest was made possible through a warrant of arrest issued by the Chief Magistrate of Isolo Magistrate Court, Kike Bukola Ayeye, as Akande had declined to honour the court’s summon.
The court sits at Johnson Famiye Street, Canal Estate, Ago, Okota.
However, Akande, in his statement at the Police Station, denied ever raping Olaiya.
Rather, he claimed that she was his lover and they made love when she visited him.
He further claimed that he asked her to go to a private hospital for treatment when she complained that she was bleeding, but he was surprised when she reported to the police that she was raped.
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