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A 13-year-old girl, on Tuesday disclosed how two of her uncles usually raped her while her mother was away.

The girl said her uncles, Saviour Philip, 35, and Paul Philip, 17, raped her in their one-room apartment on Olowolagba Street, off Odunsi, Bariga area of Lagos State.

Speaking with Vanguard, the junior Secondary School 2 student said Paul once threatened to kill her if she exposed him.

She said, “Paul started it. He usually did it in the afternoon when my mother and other tenants were away. I was arranging my siblings’ clothes one afternoon when he came from behind, lifted me and dropped me on the floor.

“He covered my mouth when I wanted to shout. When he was done, he threatened to kill me if I told my mother or anyone.

“When he is finished with me, he would call my little cousin inside and asked me to stay outside. At times, I would see him dipping his fingers into my cousin’s private part.

“Paul is supposed to be in SSS 3, but he said that he didn’t like going to school, particularly on the day he wanted to do it.

“Saviour also did it. But in his case, he penetrated my anus. The first day he did it, I shouted because of the pains, but he covered my mouth with clothes. When he was done, he brought out juju (charms) and said that he will invoke it to kill me if I tell anyone.

“I refused to tell anyone because I was afraid to die. Even when I threatened to tell my mother, Paul boasted that she will not do anything to him and that if I did, they would chase us out of the house.

“I was forced to open up two weeks ago after my mother beat me because of Paul. She overheard me insulting Paul. Instead of asking me why, she picked up a heavy stick and started beating me with it and at the same time, reminded me that Paul was not just my relation, but my senior as well.

“Out of annoyance, I summoned up courage and told my mother that the reason why I was rude to Paul was because he and his elder brother had been sleeping with me.

“At that point, she held Paul’s shirt, shook him and at the same time demanded to know how true my claim was.”

The victim’s mother, Ekaete, confirmed this daughter’s claim.

Ekaete said the case was reported at the Bariga Police Division, consequent upon which they were arrested.

Following their arrest, the matter was transferred to the Gender Unit of the state’s Police Command, from where the suspects were charged to Magistrate Court 2, Ikeja, yesterday.

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  1. Prince

    November 8, 2017 at 8:56 am

    Lwkmd….. This is a well formulated script…. The girl is narrating the whole story like she was enjoying it…. He put it in my anus and covered my mouth with clothes so I wouldn’t screen because of the pain….. Lwkmd

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