An 85-year-old man known to the Somolu
community as Baba Yellow on Wednesday, escaped death at the hands of an
angry mob when residents discovered that he had sexually molested a 14
year old girl(name withheld).
Policemen attached to the Onipanu police
division were said to have stopped the mob action by arresting Baba
Yellow and dispersing the crowd consisting of enraged mothers and petty
traders.
Before the intervention of the police,
the crowd had dragged Baba Yellow from his residence at George Street
and booed him through the community for over an hour.
A resident who identified himself as Olamide said, “The mob stripped and on the verge of lynching him when the police arrived.
“It was one of Baba Yellow’s neighbours
who discovered that he had been sleeping with the girl. The neighbour
had seen her leaving Baba Yellow’s room and he is notorious in the
community for sleeping with young girls.
“The girl’s guardian was immediately
informed and she raised the alarm after the girl confessed that Baba
Yellow had been having regular sex with her.”
The enraged guardian allegedly marched
to Baba Yellow’s house, where she engaged him in a shouting match after
she confirmed from his neighbours that her ward had indeed been a
regular visitor to Baba Yellow’s apartment.
A father of four grown-ups, Baba Yellow
lives with his wife in a one-bedroom apartment. However, the wife who
plies her trade at the Mile 2 market is usually away from home during
the day.
His victim told PUNCH METRO that she met
Baba Yellow at Sunday market, Somolu where she had gone to purchase
some items for her guardian. She said, “He gave me some money and asked
me to come to his house. When I didn’t show up, he later came to my
compound to look for me. That was how we went to his room and had sex.
He has been sleeping with me for a month.”
PUNCH METRO gathered that this is
not Baba Yellow’s first victim. For over the 30 years he had lived in
Somolu, the octogenarian was said to have served a prison term once for
molesting a young girl. Sources within the Somolu community said his
victims were many.
A mother, who identified herself as Mrs.
Biliki Usman said, “He already has a reputation here and most mothers
warn their daughters to stay clear of him. Yet he manages to always get
victims. There have been claims that he hypnotizes his victims. In 2005,
Baba Yellow was arrested and convicted of sexually abusing a
nine-year-old girl. He served three years in Kirikiri. In 2011, he was
arrested by the Alade police division for sexually molesting a nine year
old too. The matter was later settled and did not get to court. There
had been other countless arrests.
“Everyone is tired of him; he is a danger to young children and we just want him out of our community, forever.”
But Baba Yellow told the angry mob that he was lured by the 14-year-old girl.
He said, “Each time she comes to my
house, she would undress herself and ask me to look at her breast. You
can see she has been coming to me all this while on her own; she is a
flirt and spoiled child.”
It was learnt that the girl had been taken to Oguntolu General Hospital for medical attention.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, when contacted said, “I will get back to you
when I have got the details
PUNCH
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In this era today when most young men find it difficult to satisfy their wife sexually, this old man at 85 is still active. Since he has a penchant for that act, i suggest his manhood should be injected to stand still to prevent future misdeed.
ReplyDeletewhere is the molestation here.this old man d enjoy egovin o.may be the girl is in love of what the man is giving to her. why will they strip baba.love has no age limit o.and why should the girl show him her breast.but baba take it easy o.
ReplyDeleteI wish there was a filter for ignorant comments, really?? I mean really??? this old bastard is pedophile, it is frowned upon in society period, he's even spent time jail bc it is WRONG...he shldnt even be allowed to be in the unsupervised company of minors, and ur here applauding this disgusting old man...so sad that stupidity gets worse w age in some ppl.
DeleteWonders will neva end!
ReplyDeleteAs much as the old man shld be prosecuted,it is advised that the girl shld be disciplined by her guardian.parents n guardians shld train their children n wards properly.If baba had been well-trained,he wldnt be doing this,so also the girl.
ReplyDeleteHE DESERVES REEL PUNISHMENT EVEN D GIRL NDS BEATING IS NT D FIRST D MAN HAVE DOING IT FRM YUT. PARENTS PRAY FOR UR CHLDRN SO THEY WILL NOT BE AN EBARASSMENT TO ND D NATN
ReplyDeleteNo one shld touch a hair on that child, this is a man thats been caught red handed on more than one occasion, even has a reputation, he wld say anything to save his ass...there is no justification for his actions, so if a 4 yr old is walking around naked in his presence its the 4yr old's fault if she's molested?? give me a break! who is the child and who is the adult?
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