Gbolahan Osinusi, a teacher, has been detained by the Lagos State Police Command for routinely abusing a 17-year-old girl since she was 12-year-old.
The girl was taken to a nurse named Mariam Fatolu by the 42-year-old teacher, who also serves as her guardian, to receive abortion pills whenever the girl became pregnant.
In a statement released on Monday, October 21, 2024, the command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, verified the occurrence and stated that Osinusi had the survivor make an oath not to inform anyone or else she would die.
According to the PPRO, Osinusi was charged on October 16 and Mariam was admitted to General Hospital Ketu-Epe for medical attention.
“On the 30/09/24 at about 1500hrs, a case of defilement/abortion was transferred from Festac Division to Gender unit of Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja,” the statement read.
“The complaint who reported the matter, alleged that one Gbolahan Osinusi ‘m’ aged 42, a teacher at a school in Ketu-Epe, Lagos State and also the guardian to her 17 year old had been having s@xual intercourse with her since the survivor was 12 years old till December 2023 when she was 17 years.
“She added further that Gbolahan Osinusi forced the survivor to swear on oath not to tell anyone, else she will die and that he took her severally to a nurse by name Mariam Fatolu for abortion drugs to be administered on her whenever she got pregnant. Hence the complaint.
“The said Gbolahan Osinusi has been charged to court, on 16/10/24 while the said Mariam is currently admitted for medical attention at General Hospital Ketu-Epe. She will be charged to court as soon as possible.”
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