YAWA DON GAS FOR TENANT O! : Landlord’s Daughter Abducted, Impregnated By Tenant In Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 37-
year-old man, Ajibola Idowu, for allegedly kidnapping the
daughter of his landlord for three years. The suspect was
also said to have forcefully impregnated the victim,
Modupe Brown, during captivity.
The police told PUNCH Metro that after Brown had given
birth to the child, Ajibola refused to allow the child access
to immunisation.
As a result, the child was said to have contracted polio
disease and subsequently became crippled.
Lagos Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus
Ozoani, told PUNCH Metro that Ajibola, was arrested along
with his mother, Ebun, who allegedly conspired with him
to commit the act.
He said, “Brown, a 400 level student of Business
Administration at the Lagos State University, was
kidnapped by Ajibola who kept her in captivity with his
family for “three years between 2010 and 2013.
“On September 19, 2013, policemen from Area E
Command, went to the Sagamu area of Ogun State to
rescue the victim and also arrested the mother of the
abductor, who watched over the victim. Ajibola was later
arrested in the Idumota area of Lagos Island.
“During the three years, Ajibola kept Brown in three
locations -Oshogbo, Osun State, where she spent six
months; Bariga, Lagos, where she spent six months; and
Sagamu, Ogun State, where she spent about two years.
“Ajibola forcefully impregnated Brown while in captivity.
She delivered a baby girl, who later became deformed as a
result of Ajibola’s refusal to have the baby immunised
against the Polio virus.”
While speaking with our correspondent, Brown described
her ordeal in the hands of her abductor as a journey
through the valley of the shadow of death. She said she
was abducted at her father’s house in the Ebute Meta
area of Lagos State.
She said, “I can’t even remember how he kidnapped me.
All I know is that he held me captive for three years. It’s
as if I was under a spell. Even when I was going to give
birth, he did not allow me to go to a hospital. The baby
was delivered at home and he was the one giving me
medication.
“Even one day, when state officials came to the area to
immunise children, he said he would not allow the child to
be immunised, saying the drugs had been poisoned. Once,
when I tried to leave, he threatened to kill me.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that during her time in captivity, the
victim’s parents, who are retired civil servants, searched
hospitals, mortuaries, police stations and churches for her
all to no avail.
The victim’s father, Idowu Brown, said he had no clue that
Ajibola was the abductor. He said, “I never knew it was
Ajibola that kidnapped my daughter. He was my tenant for
six years and greeted me every day. We even used to
share jokes. He was aware that I had been looking “for my
daughter for three years but he never said anything.
“When we could not find her, I reported the matter at
FESTAC Police Division. It was in September this year that
we heard from our daughter for the first time. She told us
that she was in Sagamu and my wife went there.
“There we met Ajibola’s mother. That was how we found
out that he (tenant) was the one behind the whole thing.”
The suspects however denied abducting the landlord’s
daughter. Ajibola’s mother claimed her son and Brown
were lovers, who decided to elope, maintaining that the
case was not an abduction.
She said, “They were lovers. I never got involved in their
matter until the child was born. I went to stay with them
for about seven months to take care of the child, who was
very ill. A few months after I left, they moved in with me
at my three-bedroom house at Sagamu because they had
been evicted.
“Ajibola was not staying with us because his business was
in Lagos but I was with Brown “most of the time. Many
times, I would ask her about her parents and when I could
meet them but she kept on giving silly excuses until the
day her mother came to my house with policemen.”
Ajibola, who is into satellite dish installation, said the plan
to elope was hatched by Brown who paid N200, 000 into
his bank account. The money was said to have been
meant for her school project.
He said he could not understand why she would make
such allegations against him.
“I did not kidnap her; we were lovers and decided to
elope. Even when she was at my house, she used to make
calls to her relatives telling them that she was alright,” he
said.