According to reports, after Modupe had given birth to the child, Ajibola refused to allow the child access to immunisation.
As a result, the child was said to have contracted polio disease and subsequently became crippled.
Lagos Deputy Police
Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, said Ajibola, was arrested along with his mother, Ebun, who allegedly
conspired with him to commit the act.
He said: “Brown, a
400 level student of Business Administration at the Lagos State
University, was kidnapped by Ajibola who kept her in captivity with his
family for 3 years between 2010 and 2013.
“On September 19,
2013, policemen from Area E Command, went to the Sagamu area of Ogun
State to rescue the victim and also arrested the mother of the abductor,
who watched over the victim. Ajibola was later arrested in the Idumota
area of Lagos Island.
“During the 3
years, Ajibola kept Brown in three locations -Oshogbo, Osun State,
where she spent six months; Bariga, Lagos, where she spent six months;
and Sagamu, Ogun State, where she spent about two years.
“Ajibola forcefully
impregnated Brown while in captivity. She delivered a baby girl, who
later became deformed as a result of Ajibola’s refusal to have the baby
immunised against the Polio virus.”
Speaking to newsmen, Brown described her ordeal in the hands of her
abductor as a journey through the valley of the shadow of death. She
said she was abducted at her father’s house in the Ebute Meta area of
Lagos State.
She said: “I can’t
even remember how he kidnapped me. All I know is that he held me captive
for three years. It’s as if I was under a spell. Even when I was going
to give birth, he did not allow me to go to a hospital. The baby was
delivered at home and he was the one giving me medication.
“Even one day, when
state officials came to the area to immunise children, he said he would
not allow the child to be immunised, saying the drugs had been
poisoned. Once, when I tried to leave, he threatened to kill me.”
PUNCH Metro learnt
that during her time in captivity, the victim’s parents, who are retired
civil servants, searched hospitals, mortuaries, police stations and
churches for her all to no avail.
The victim’s
father, Idowu Brown, said he had no clue that Ajibola was the abductor.
He said: “I never knew it was Ajibola that kidnapped my daughter. He was
my tenant for six years and greeted me everyday. We even used to share
jokes. He was aware that I had been looking for my daughter for three
years but he never said anything.
“When we could not
find her, I reported the matter at FESTAC Police Division. It was in
September this year that we heard from our daughter for the first time.
She told us that she was in Sagamu and my wife went there.
“There we met Ajibola’s mother. That was how we found out that he (tenant) was the one behind the whole thing.”
The suspects
however denied abducting the landlord’s daughter. Ajibola’s mother
claimed her son and Brown were lovers, who decided to elope, maintaining
that the case was not an abduction.
She said: “They
were lovers. I never got involved in their matter until the child was
born. I went to stay with them for about seven months to take care of
the child, who was very ill. A few months after I left, they moved in
with me at my three-bedroom house at Sagamu because they had been
evicted.
“Ajibola was not
staying with us because his business was in Lagos but I was with Brown
“most of the time. Many times, I would ask her about her parents and
when I could meet them but she kept on giving silly excuses until the
day her mother came to my house with policemen.”
Ajibola, who is
into satellite dish installation, said the plan to elope was hatched by
Brown who paid N200, 000 into his bank account. The money was said to
have been meant for her school project.
He said he could not understand why she would make such allegations against him.
“I did not kidnap
her; we were lovers and decided to elope. Even when she was at my house,
she used to make calls to her relatives telling them that she was
alright,” Ajibola said.
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