"She willingly accepted to have sex with me"- Accused rapist says

A security personnel, Kenechukwu Okonkwo, who was accused of raping a 29-old-year lady, has narrated his own side of the story before an Ikeja High Court.


In his testimony, Okonkwo said she willingly consented that he should make love to her. which took place at his residence at Salawe Street, Ikosi Ketu.



Okonkwo who gave his evidence in pidgin english said he met the victim, who is one of the suppliers at the super-market where he works as a security guard and they became friends and started dating.


"Shortly after I met her, I lost my father and travelled home. When I came back, she came visiting and I told her everything that happened in the village. I also asked her to marry me because my mother had asked me to get married quickly being the only son and she accepted to marry me."


"Few weeks after, she called me that she wanted to see me and I told her that I was at work and would close late. She kept calling me and when I eventually closed, I met her, already waiting for me at home," Okonkwo said.


"She came to my house one Sunday and told me that she is currently dating one rich man who lives in Magodo. She told me the man promised to take care of her and her family because she told him she was a virgin.  I then told her to follow her heart," he added.


The witness also told the court that, she hugged him when he returned home and they both walked to his room and she prepared noodles for him while he left to have his bath. "When I returned, she had already removed her clothes and hung them leaving only her underwear and singlet," he said.


"We both ate the indomie she cooked, thereafter, I slotted in a DVD (love movie) and I laid on the bed. She later joined me on the bed and we started playing together.


"She asked me to stop and asked me if I would marry her then I told her yes if she's also ready. She then removed her underwear by herself and we made love.


"The next day, I prepared and left for my place of work and after sometime, a man came looking for me and asked if I am Kenechukwu and I affirmed, then two policemen came and arrested me," he said.


Okonkwo further told the court that he was taken to the police station in Ikosi and the policeman there asked him what happened and he told him everything that happened.


"He asked if I can write and I said I can't. The policeman wrote down all I told him and read it to me and later asked me to sign on it, and I did."


Okonkwo also narrated to the court how another set of policemen received him at Isheri police station and informed the other police that the former statement he made earlier will not work again.


"A Policeman later put me in a separate room and asked for my name after which he asked me to sign a statement he wrote for me. I asked him to read it to me but he refused and started to beat me in which he removed one of my tooth in the process," he said.


The witness also explained how he was taken to his house by the policemen who searched his house but could not find any evidence on whether he raped the victim.
 

Okonkwo maintained that he did not rape Faith and she did not raise any alarm while they were making love.


Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye thereafter adjourned the matter till 13th April, 2016 for further hearing.

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