How I was raped in a classroom by security guard – Girl, 18, narrates ordeal

                                            

A security guard in a private school in Ijegun, Lagos State has been arrested for allegedly raping a student of the school inside the school premises.

Emeka Nwabunwane, 30 is said to be a civil engineering graduate from Delta State University, Abraka in Delta State, who lost his job and was newly employed at the school.

Our sources say he persuaded an 18-year old student to follow him into a classroom in the school and raped her when she went to the school to attend a tutorial class in preparation for her Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination.

The girl reportedly opened up to P.M.NEWS narrating the whole incident and saying it had affected her physical and mental wellbeing. She said when she entered the school premises on the day of the incident, Nwabunwane called her and she went to meet him in the classroom because she knew him as one of the security guards in the school and thought he wanted to discuss an issue with her.

In her report she said immediately she entered the classroom, he locked the door and pulled off his trousers and started to beat her into submission.

She said when she tried to resist him, he tore her pants, threw her on the floor and started to rape her. In the process, the suspect tore her private part and she started bleeding profusely.

The victim said she raised an alarm inside the classroom, but nobody came to rescue her.

The girl said it was after he had raped her and she ran outside naked and started screaming for help that the residents of the area came to her rescue. The girl said by then she was bleeding profusely and when some of the residents saw the blood, they immediately caught Nwabunwane and handed him over to the police at Isheri Oshun Division.

The victim said she was still in shock and always gets frightened whenever she remembers how she was raped by the suspect.

She said since the incident happened, she has been having severe pains in her private part and going to hospital for treatment.

Nwabnwane who appeared in court has pleaded not guilty to rape charges arguing that he attempted to have sex with her but stopped when he discovered that she was on her period.

He told the court that he had learnt from his mistake and begged that the matter will be settled good-naturedly.

The presiding Magistrate, P. E. Nwaka granted him bail in the sum of N150, 000 with three sureties in like sum ordering that the sureties must have evidence of  tax payment for three years.

This was to prosecutor, Adeleye Adeleke’s who objected to his bail on the ground that the offence he committed was a serious offence that attracts life imprisonment.

The matter was adjourned till October 21 and Nwabnwane is to remain in prison custody till he will fulfills his bail conditions.