A 31-year-old man, Okoro Austin, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl.
The 11-year-old is currently struggling for her life at Naomi Hospital, Oke Padre as a result of excessive bleeding after the forceful sexual act as medical report indicated that her hymen had been broken as a result of the act.
I am surprised to find myself in the current situation I am because I have never raped anyone in my life. On Sunday November 30, I went to church. On my return, I learnt that the celebration of World Igbo Day was going on at Adamasingba Sports Stadium. Since I have never been part of past celebrations, I decided to go to have a firsthand feeling of the event.
Prior to that day, I had stopped taking alcoholic drink because it was not helpful to me. I was strictly warned against it.
After viewing the different events packaged for the day, I decided to leave for home. On my way out of the stadium, I met one of my friends who called me and offered me a cup of beer. Initially, I told him I was off drinking alcohol but he said I should not disgrace him by rejecting his offer so I took the beer and drank. At the end of the day, I took five bottles of beer. After a while, my mother called me to come to her place to eat so I left others and headed for home.
As I was entering the compound of my residence, I saw the girl in question standing with a man. I asked her what she was doing with the man and beckoned at her, asking her to follow me. She obeyed and followed me to my room. I asked her to take a seat and she did. I removed my shirt and when I saw that she didn’t make any move to leave, I started fondling her. I removed her pants after she raised her clothes up. As a man, coupled with the mood I was in, I had sex with her.
I didn’t force her or hold her down as is being said. I did not beat her and she did not resist me. I was not in my right senses when I was doing it, because if I was, I wouldn’t have done it. Immediately I ejaculated, withdrew and saw blood gushing out, I stood up, frightened.
Even if I see the girl now, I can’t recognize her. I have not even deflowered any girl before in my life. I usually avoid having sex with virgins. There was a lady I was dating and when she told me she was a virgin, I sent her away. I find the bloody outcome of deflowering a girl irritating. Also I feel it is not good to deflower a girl I am not going to marry. I was out of my senses when this thing happened.
To show that I didn’t know what I was doing, I was the one that opened the door for the girl and when her parents came, I welcomed them and suggested taking the girl to the hospital. If I knew I was guilty, there was ample opportunity for me to have run away.
If you speak with my pastor, he will tell you that I used to preach to people. I had already stopped drinking before that fateful day. The devil just crept into my life to disgrace me by allowing myself to be lured into drinking. I don’t like too much sex. Even my ex-girlfriend (name withheld) will tell you that I severed relationship with her when she wanted to kill me with sex.
The last time I had sex was three months ago. But I have not been having sexual urge because I don’t think about it. I don’t smoke, I don’t take drugs. I find it hard to forgive myself for what I have done to this young girl but I can tell you that I was not in my right senses when I did it,” he said.
