Unable to bear the pain of being reportedly raped by the husband of her boss, a sixteen-year-old girl, Olayemi Agbeloba has committed suicide in Oyo state.
The husband of Olayemi’s boss, one Ajibode, a welder, allegedly defiled the young lady at their residence in the Eruwa community, in the Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State and threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident to anyone.
Until her death, Olayemi was an apprentice of Ajibode’s wife. She was learning fashion and designing from Ajibode’s wife and was said to have been living with her boss to also assist with domestic chores.
The story went sour when Ajibode entered the minor’s room in their residence on June 23, 2023 and allegedly raped her.
Deeply traumatized by the occurrence, Olayemi, reportedly drank a substance suspected to be insecticide and died from the toxic substance.
Olayemi’s father, Sunday, who had been inconsolable since he got to know of the circumstances that led to his suicide, disclosed that he reported the case at the Eruwa Police Station in a bid to get justice for his daughter.
The grieving father however said that the suspect had been boasting that justice would not prevail in the matter.
According to Sunday: “Olayemi went to Ajibode’s wife’s house early this year because my wife and I decided that she should learn handiwork. She had been staying with Ajibode and his wife for about six months and suddenly, we were told that she died.
“Later, we heard Ajibode had raped my daughter after which she drank an insecticide. This was confirmed by medical workers at the hospital she was taken to for treatment after she drank the insecticide. At the hospital, we were also told that before my daughter died, she said Ajibode raped her and that was what made her drink the insecticide.
“I reported the case at the Eruwa Police Station and he was arrested and released. Since then, Ajibode has been claiming that he knows people and that there is nothing we could do to him. He raped my daughter and pushed her to commit suicide and he’s still very confident that he would go scot-free.”
Speaking amid tears, Agbeloba’s mother, Folake, while demanding justice for her daughter, said her daughter once confessed to her that Ajibode usually disturbed her while sleeping at night.
She said, “I can’t speak now because they have taken my daughter away from me. Is it a crime for someone to go and learn a trade? Ajibode raped my daughter and he and his wife are trying to hide the crime that he committed. My daughter is gone because of what Ajibode did to her.
“She once told me that her boss’s husband usually disturbed her at night when she retired to sleep in their house. I wanted to make her come back home but also wanted her to finish her apprenticeship. Look at what they did to my child.”
