There's a fairly known society girl and
ex-model who was raped by some guy from a prominent Lagos family. When I heard
about the incident and approached her to report the story and put the guy on
blast, she refused. Begged me not to because she didn't want the embarrassment
and stigma of being a rape victim. This guy got away with rape.
Ladies, if a man
rapes you, you need to speak out. If he gets away with raping you, he will find
another victim because he'll believe he's untouchable. Please don't let him get
away with raping you.
Now to this
story, a cousin of former DG of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Ndi
Okereke-Onyuike, and actress Stephanie Okereke's cousin, Prince Daniel Okereke,
37 (pictured above), has been arrested for allegedly raping a 22 year old
UNILAG undergraduate named Arinola. And she didn't keep quiet. She fought back
by first destroying his property, then she got him arrested.
"When we got to his house, I
told him that I was not interested in having sex with him, he called two of his
security guards to help him to tie me up and seal my mouth. He then brought out
his belt and started flogging me,” says Arionla, a 300 level student who
alleged that she was raped by a man, later identified as the cousin of former
Director–General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE), President, Ndi
Okereke-Onyuike.
The suspect, Prince Daniel
Okereke, 37, was alleged to have lured her into his home at Mende, Maryland,
Lagos, subdued her with the aid of his security guard before he pounced on her
and raped her severally.
Saturday Sun learnt
that after the several rape sessions which lasted for more than 30 minutes,
Prince Daniel ordered Arionla to pick her bags and get out of the house. Abused
and bitter, Arionla was said to have started destroying the property in his
house and also flinging same out of the compound. In the process, the car that
belonged to one of the neighbours was destroyed.
Not aware of what could have led
to the fracas, the angry neighbour alerted the police attached to Area F, Ikeja
who arrested Arionla and accused her of assault. On listening to both sides
and overwhelming bruises on Arionla’s body, a case of attempted rape was
established and Prince Daniel was arrested and later released on bail while
Arinola was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja for
examination and treatment.
Saturday Sun further
gathered that when Arinola and her family discovered that the case was as good
as closed by the police attached to Area F Command, Ikeja, she reported the
matter to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti that
ordered his re-arrest, having sighted the original copy of the lab test which
proved that she was forcefully defiled and the cause of the wound on her body.
Still recovering from the scars
that had disfigured her beautiful body, Arinola, 6ft tall, and who can be best
described as a model, claimed that she saw Prince Daniel as a harmless elder
brother who cared about her ailing health.
According to Arinola, 22, and a
student of University of Lagos, Akoka, she met Prince Daniel through an online
dating site, early last month. “We became friends online and I gave him my
number. He kept calling requesting to see me in school and I kept giving him
one excuse or the other. He actually said that he wanted me to be his friend
and I declined that I am a student and should be allowed to face my studies.
“On November 6, 2014, he called me
that he was in my school compound. I was sick and told him that I was about to
head to the pharmacy to get drugs. He volunteered to drive me to the pharmacy.
I was impressed and grateful for such a kind gesture. After buying the drugs,
we drove to the fast food and bought food. He asked me to join him to a seat
out joint where I can relax and eat the food. I was surprised when he drove
straight to his house at Mende, Maryland.”
He said that I will be the one to
the bear the shame since the world will ask what I was doing in his house when
I was supposed to be in school,” Arinola narrated.
“When it dawned on her that the
prince is a beast in sheep’s clothing, Arionla stopped struggling and parted
her legs for the Prince. “He raped me severally till he was satisfied. He later
removed the ropes and ordered me to get out of his house. I was in pains and
knew that since the law will finally release him because of his status, I
needed to destroy anything within reach. It was the neighbours whose car was
destroyed that alerted the police at Area F, Ikeja.
“I wrote my statement and went to
the hospital for examination. I was not surprised when I was told that he was
granted bail the same day. My family had to report the matter to Panti and he
was re-arrested.”
Still dressed in his royal white
dress as at press time, Prince Daniel, a businessman, who is also related to
Nigerian actress, Stephanie Okereke, blamed the devil for the act. “I am so
ashamed of myself. We are family of professionals whom you know very well. I
don’t know what got into my head. I am sorry and plead for forgiveness,”
Daniel, who said he was single and still searching, pleaded.
When asked why she destroyed the
property in his house, Prince Daniel said: “She thought I was going to force
her to have sex with me. She started destroying everything which is so
expensive,” he said specifically referring to his Chandelier lighting hanging
in his living room.
When further asked if he
eventually slept with her, Prince Daniel said: “Yes, I did. I am very sorry, I
need a way out.”
Confirming the story as at press
time , Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu said that the suspect
would be charged to court for rape and assault.
According to him, the report got
from Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, showed that there was
actual penetration in the course of the squabble. “He will be arraigned along
side with one of the security men who assisted the suspected to subdue Tope.
Meanwhile, the police is still on the trail of one of the security guards who
also participated in assisting the man to tie her up.”
Additional report
from Vanguard
Two men Daniel Okereke 37 and
Idris Abubakar 37 were yesterday arraigned before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s
Court, over alleged assault and rape and threat to life. The defendants who are
businessman and a security Guard respectively were docked before Magistrate Y.
O Aje-Afunwa. They are facing a five count charge bordering on conspiracy,
assault, rape and threat to life preferred against them by the police.
The police prosecutor
Superintendent Godwin Anyanwu, told the court that the defendants committed the
alleged offence on November 6, 2014. He said that the incident took place at
Mende, Maryland in Ikeja area of Lagos state between 2:30-11pm. He said that
the first defendant allegedly raped and assaulted one lady (names withheld).
Anyanwu also claimed that the
defendant unlawfully had canal knowledge of the victim without her consent,
adding that he beat her up with a brown belt and also threatened her with a
knife. According to the prosecutor, the offences committed,contravened sections
409, 171, 261 and punishable under section 56 and 258 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011.
Earlier, the defendants pleaded
not guilty to the charges against them. The defendants counsel, R. Amokea,
urged the court to grant the defendants bail in the most liberal term, as the
offence committed, was a bailable offence and that they were still presumed
innocent until proven guilty.
The prosecutor Anyanwu objected to
the bail application, on the grounds that the charges levelled against the
defendants were charges of rape, sexual assault and occasional harm. However,
Magistrate Aje-Afunwa, granted the first defendant bail in the sum of N200,000,
with one responsible surety in like sum, while the second defendant was
admitted bail in the sum of N50,000, with one surety in like sum. She also said
that the surety must either be a relative, a cleric or a community leader.
The matter was adjourned till
January 9, 2015, for trial.
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