LAGOS — There were indications,
yesterday, that the case involving popular Fuji musician, Alhaji Abass Akande,
also known as Obesere, arrested for allegedly raping a 29-year-old business
woman, Miss Olanike Olaiya, in his Okota residence may have been transferred
to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID.
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Sources told Vanguard, yesterday,
that the embattled musician preferred the SCID to the Isolo Police
division because the DPO had insisted on the matter going to court.
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Normally, it is the Divisional
Police Officer at Isolo Division, Aminu Ibrahim, that should have ordered the
transfer of the case to SCID for further investigations.
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But Obesere was alleged to have used
his contacts in the police to have the case transferred to SCID.
*Obesere
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A police source also disclosed that
Obesere found it difficult to pressurize the DPO at Isolo into striking out the
matter or persuade the victim to accept a settlement.
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The source, who craved anonymity,
also said Obesere contacted some top citizens to wade into the matter by
persuading the DPO to soft-pedal on the matter but they backed down when
they discovered that the police have incriminating evidence against the musician.
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Victim relocates to Sagamu for
treatment
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Meantime, the victim, Olaiya, told
Vanguard yesterday that she had relocated to her home town, Sagamu in Ogun
State, where she is currently receiving treatment for the rape incident.
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Olaiya, who spoke with Vanguard on
the telephone, said: “As I speak with you, I am in Sagamu, my home town, where
I have been receiving traditional treatment since the incident occurred.
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I bled for more than two weeks
—Victim
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“I bled for more than two weeks
after Alhaji Obesere raped me and inserted his ring into my private part. The
incident occurred on February 12, 2013 and I have spent a lot of money treating
myself.
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“The DPO, Isolo Police division,
took pity on me and refused to give in to Obesere’s pressure to strike
out the case and God will bless him for that.
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“But last week I was informed that
the case had been transferred to the SCID and my Investigating Police Office,
IPO, at Isolo asked me to come to the station on Tuesday for the transfer.
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“But when I got to the SCID, I
discovered the IPO, who took over the case, one Mr. Jacob, I don’t know his
rank, became hostile to me.
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“You need to see how this man
treated me. He started by asking me to write a new statement and when I tried
to explain that I had written a statement at Isolo division, he rebuffed my
explanation and insisted I wrote a new one.
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They threatened to kill me
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“Afterwards, they started
threatening me. The IPO, Alhaji Obesere, and some of his brothers, who were
present there, asked me to stop the journalists from publishing my story and if
I don’t, I will be a dead person.
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“I was so frightened when they said
this and each time my phone rang someone would pick it up to know who was
calling.
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“Later, they discovered I
wasn’t going to break, then they started begging me and promised to take care
of me. Alhaji Obesere even said he was going to take me to the best hospital
for treatment.
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“At the end, I rose to leave and
they offered to drop me in my place. The IPO also insisted that I should follow
them. Instead of taking me to my area, they took me to Obesere’s house and the
woman who introduced me to him was also there.
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“While I was with them I alerted the
police at Isolo and told them where I was.
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“But yesterday, they called after
they saw the publication and started threatening again to kill me.
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“I am highly terrified, that was why
I travelled back to my home to get some treatment.”
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