Child abuse: Protesters storm Lagos gov’s office, accuser’s aides ‘arrested’

Concerned parents, teachers and old students of Methodist Girls High School on Friday protested at the Lagos State Governor’s Office over an alleged sexual abuse case.

The PUNCH had reported that a teacher, Adewale Bakare, was remanded in Kirikiri prison for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old pupil.

The father of the pupil, Mr Adebisi Arewa, also complained that his domestic aides were arrested on Friday.

However, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, denied knowledge of the arrest.

“My security guards and housemaid have been arrested. The police escorted those that arrested them. This is illegal. It shows desperation,” he told our correspondent on the telephone.

The protesters complained about Bakare’s detention, saying that he should be freed.

There was also a protest at the Lagos State Police Command over the matter on Thursday.

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Among the inscriptions on the placards displayed by the protesters are ‘say no to weaponised rape accusations’, ‘Lagos State, we say no to statistics, yes to justice’, ‘False accusation is a crime’, ‘rape is not a joke, do not accuse people to score a point’, and ‘rescue the Arewa girl’.