Pelumi Olamide, a 14-year-old girl with mentally deranged parents, who has been experiencing molestation and sexual assault at a dumpsite in Alimosho, has been rescued by Mrs Ngozi Olomilua in a story put together by Saturday Sun.
According to Pelumi, she was not saved from the perpetual defilement by people she looked up to as wealthy and well mannered. Instead, area boys and presumably responsible men took turns to continuously take advantage of her.
Pelumi was rescued by chance by the good Samaritan, 60-year-old Mrs Olomilua, at a dumpsite on Oduwole Street, Abule Odu in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, on her way back from evangelism work.
Narrating how Pelumi ended up in her house in Egbeda, Lagos, Mrs Olomilua said:
"I saw someone who was looking very dirty and tattered, and I asked the lady standing beside me what the girl was saying. She told me that the girl wants me to pray for her. As at then, she looked like a mad person covered with dust, in tattered clothes and stained everywhere.
"I asked for her name, she told me Pelumi. Then, when I told her to kneel down that I wanted to pray for her, she started looking around to see if there was anyone watching us and there were people there actually looking at us"
Mrs. Olumilua said that after praying for her, she gave her money and left, but was prompted by her spirit to go and get her.
“When I asked Pelumi if she would follow me, she rushed to carry my bag, and hugged me seriously, that she would go with me.
“As soon as Pelumi agreed to follow me, some area boys crowded in on us and started asking me where I was taking her to. Immediately Pelumi saw those guys, she held on tightly to me. I told the area boys that I wanted to take her to my house to bath and feed her. They asked me if I would be bringing her back and they had to get my contact before I was able to leave.
"Those guys were more than 10. Pelumi started pointing at them accusing them of raping and sleeping with her, so they left one after the other until only three guys remained. Those ones asked me to wait so they can call my number and see whether my phone would ring in their presence. Even the motorcyclists we stopped didn’t agree to take her. They mostly sped off.”
It was discovered that Pelumi was usually seen in the open space being molested by the area boys in the area.
Recounting her experience, she said: “I am 14 years old. I’ve been living at Abule Odu since I was a baby. All the area boys living close to that place do sleep with me but three of them are consistent with it. Their names are Indomie, Shinkoekun, and Ibro. They do come to sleep with me every single day. They don’t come together but they come one after the other to molest me.
"Indomie even harmed me with knife the night prior to the day mummy (Mrs. Olumilua) came. He said he wanted to sleep with me but I didn’t want him to, so he injured me and out of fear, I had to allow him.”
Pelumi said that the guys who molest her have never used protection. Her molesters also made her believe she was pregnant even though the result of the test carried out on her shows otherwise.
When asked if she has ever reported to any law enforcement agency, she said she was tossed away when she attempted to.
The President, Alimosho Youths Development Association (AYDA), Comrade Lateef Ogungbade, has pledged that the group will do all within its power to protect Mrs Olumilua from greedy police officers who might want to use her good intentions against her.
Although Mrs Olumilua did not get the required attention when she initially visited the Idimu Police Station, she went back there again and met the Divisional Crime Officer this time around. He took up the matter and promised there was an orphanage ready to take in Pelumi.
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(Source: The Sun)
