SAY NO TO RAPE: ARMED ROBBERS GANG-RAPE A NURSE IN LAGOS

An eighteen-year old auxiliary nurse has alleged that she was been raped by a group of robbers who invaded the hospital where she  works on Santa Maria Street, in Egan, Igando area of Lagos.

According to Punch, the robbers stormed the hospital in the wee hours of last Thursday, scaling the fence before gaining entrance into the premises of the hospital. After gaining entrance, they tied a 19-year-old security guard of the hospital with ropes and locked him up in a room.

The lady in question has since gone to report the case to the police, accusing the management of the hospital of dereliction of duty and said she was raped by the men.

“She also alleged that the owner of the hospital did not provide adequate security for his workers and subjected her to mental torture by losing her virginity through rape”, a source said.

The source added that the medical director of the hospital was arrested, but later released on bail.

The hospital’s medical director, Dr. Ademola Dominic, confirmed the incident but denied that the victim was raped. He also said he was never arrested by the police.

He further said that, “It is an everyday affair here. The robbers come to the street almost every time to rob residents. It is the third time they would come to the hospital. They came in and dispossessed patients of their valuables.

“When the incident happened, we took her through some tests and discovered she was intact. She is still a virgin and nothing happened to her. It is just that as a young girl, she suffered some shocks and that is all.

“But if you heard she was raped, well, maybe she was a victim of circumstances and that obviously was not my fault. If I have a house and robbers raid my house and then rape somebody, is that my fault?

“I am doing all these because of the girl. And if it is her parents or anybody that spreading wrong information, I don’t think I am to blame. I have already tried my best.

He concluded that the security had been beefed up in the area to forestall a recurrence.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, have denied any knowledge of the incident at the hospital.