An 85-year-old man known to the Somolu community as Baba Yellow on Wednesday,
escaped death at the hands of an angry mob when residents discovered that he had
sexually molested a 14 year old girl(name withheld).
Policemen attached
to the Onipanu police division were said to have stopped the mob action by
arresting Baba Yellow and dispersing the crowd consisting of enraged mothers and
petty traders.
Before the intervention of the police, the crowd had dragged
Baba Yellow from his residence at George Street and booed him through the
community for over an hour.
A resident who
identified himself as Olamide said, “The mob stripped and were on the verge of
lynching him when the police arrived.
“It was one of Baba Yellow’s
neighbours who discovered that he had been sleeping with the girl. The neighbour
had seen her leaving Baba Yellow’s room and he is notorious in the community for
sleeping with young girls.
“The girl’s guardian was immediately informed
and she raised the alarm after the girl confessed that Baba Yellow had been
having regular sex with her.”
The enraged guardian allegedly marched to Baba
Yellow’s house, where she engaged him in a shouting match after she confirmed
from his neighbours that her ward had indeed been a regular visitor to Baba
Yellow’s apartment.
A father of four grown-ups, Baba Yellow lives with
his wife in a one-bedroom apartment. However, the wife who plies her trade at
the Mile 2 market is usually away from home during the day.
His
victim told PUNCH METRO that she met Baba Yellow at Sunday market, Somolu where
she had gone to purchase some items for her guardian. She said, “He gave me some
money and asked me to come to his house. When I didn’t show up, he later came to
my compound to look for me. That was how we went to his room and had sex. He has
been sleeping with me for a month.”
PUNCH METRO gathered that this is not
Baba Yellow’s first victim. For over the 30 years he had lived in Somolu, the
octogenarian was said to have served a prison term once for molesting a young
girl. Sources within the Somolu community said his victims were many.
A
mother, who identified herself as Mrs. Biliki Usman said, “He already has a
reputation here and most mothers warn their daughters to stay clear of him. Yet
he manages to always get victims. There have been claims that he hypnotizes his
victims. In 2005, Baba Yellow was arrested and convicted of sexually abusing a
nine-year-old girl. He served three years in Kirikiri. In 2011, he was arrested
by the Alade police division for sexually molesting a nine year old too. The
matter was later settled and did not get to court. There had been other
countless arrests.
“Everyone is tired of him; he is a danger to young
children and we just want him out of our community, forever.”
But Baba
Yellow told the angry mob that he was lured by the 14-year-old girl.
He
said, “Each time she comes to my house, she would undress herself and ask me to
look at her breast. You can see she has been coming to me all this while on her
own; she is a flirt and spoiled child.”
It was learnt that the girl had
been taken to Oguntolu General Hospital for medical attention.
The Lagos
State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, when contacted said, “I
will get back to you when I have got the details.
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