Barbaric Act! Okada Rider R*ped A Pregnant Corper

There is a  biblical injunction in Jeremiah 17 vs 9 that  says

“ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked who can know it”

This saying can be applied  in the case of a 30-year-old commercial motorcycle operator,we call them Okada riders in Nigeria.The accused,Tumi Ayileka, who was alleged to have r*ped a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member (names withheld) despite her attempts to plead with him that she was pregnant. The Okada rider forcefully slept with her.
The woman had just been posted to Ondo State and deployed to Imoru in Ose LGA for her primary assignment. The Okada rider committed the crime on the route she had been taking on motor bike since she was deployed to Imoru. She was said to have left the Corpers Lodge, located at Ifon, the headquarters of Ose LGA at about 630pm for Imoru where she was doing her NYSC.

Reports by a police source reveals that the Okada which she boarded suddenly diverted to a bush path instead of heading for her destination. The accused had claimed that he wanted to ease himself. But the corps member was said to have expressed concern why he had to stop to ease himself in a lonely and bushy area.

She suspected that he was up to something, so she reportedly jumped down from the bike and ran towards the main road but the Okada rider was said to have over-powered her and allegedly dragged her back inside the bush.The accused, who is also a farmer was said to have r*ped her after dragging her back to the bush after the the attempts to plea with him fell on deaf ears.

She said that the Okada man left the her in the bush, jumped on his bike and left. But on a second thought he reportedly went back, picked the victim and took her back to her residence at the Corpers Lodge and sped off’. The woman, whose clothes were said to have been torn by the suspect, managed to find her way to the police station and lodged a complaint around 11pm.

The Police went into action immediately to apprehend the accused. It was learnt that the detectives later trailed the suspect to his house. He was picked up at No 4, Olisa Street, Imoru and confessed to the crime.

In an Interview, the accused said: “I do not know what came over me when I r*ped her. “ When she was crying that she was pregnant, something told me to stop and leave her alone but another voice said I should finish what I started; that is why I r*ped her”.

When he was asked if he had done such illicit act before, the accused said,

“No. This is the first time. “When she stopped me, I did not have the intention but when I started the engine of the motorcycle and I looked at her eyes, I was attracted to her and the thought came to my mind. “That was how I started thinking of how to r*pe her because she is a beautiful lady. “I knew that the only way I could r*pe her was to drive to the bush and pretend I wanted to ease myself. “It is the devil that pushed me. I want to be forgiven. I won’t do such a thing again. “ I have asked God to forgive me too. If I am released, I will never again in my life r*pe any girl.

The accused”, who said he is married, further said that: “I became conscious of what I did after committing the atrocity. It is not my fault. I do not know what came over me. “It was so strong that I could not resist the urge to r*pe her.