Hotelier Impregnates Niece, Caught While Attempting To Rape Step Daughter

A 43-year-old hotelier, Femi Kulajolu, has been arrested by
the police attached to the Isokoko division, Lagos State, for allegedly raping
his younger brother’s 15-year-old daughter, Lola (pseudonym).

It was gathered that the minor is now eight-month pregnant
as a result of the alleged rape.

Punch Metro learnt that Kulajolu, who runs Christopher
Hotels on Agor Road in the Isolo area of the State, was also being investigated
for an attempted rape of his stepdaughter, Titi (not real name).

Titi’s experience was said to have prompted her mother,
Ndidi, to report the two cases to the police, who arrested Kulajolu and arraigned
him before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court.

The father of six was said to have raped Lola on three
occasions at the hotel and her mother’s house on Majekodunmi Street, Meiran,
while the mother was not at home, threatening her that she would die if she
reveal the secret.

Punch correspondent gathered that Lola had offended her
father sometime in June 2015 and fled to the uncle’s hotel for the fear of
being beaten. He was said to have given her a room in the hotel where she
passed the night. In the midnight, he reportedly sneaked into the room and
forcefully had sex with her.

She said, “I offended my father and fled home because he
wanted to beat me. I went to my uncle’s hotel and slept there that night. While
I was sleeping, he came in and raped me. He warned me not to tell anybody and
threatened that if I did, he would kill me.”

Lola told the police that a few months after the encounter,
her sister fell ill and her mother went to look after her at a hospital she was
admitted, adding that Kulajolu came to their house and raped her again.

“My ailing sister was hospitalised and my mother was staying
with her at a hospital. He (Kulajolu) came to pass the night in our house. In
the night, he came to my room, covered my mouth and raped me again. He
threatened me that he would kill me if I told anybody. He slept with me three
times. I am now eight months pregnant,” she said.

Punch correspondent learnt that Lola eventually opened up
after much pressure on who was responsible for the pregnancy.

Kulajolu’s wife, Ndidi, said her husband was about raping
14-year-old Titi when he was caught.

Titi said, “Somebody came inside my room, switched off the
light and slept on me. I woke up and discovered that the person had removed his
clothes. I raised the alarm and everybody woke up and started searching the
house to know the person. My sister noticed that somebody was hiding behind the
cotton in the living room. We opened it and found my stepfather there. I broke
into tears. When my mother asked him why he attempted to rape me, he started
behaving as if he was drunk.”

However, the suspect denied raping his niece, adding that he
was not responsible for the pregnancy.

He said, “After the death of my brother, around November
2015, her (Lola’s) stepmother came to me and told me that she was pregnant. She
said the family of the boy responsible for her pregnancy had come and they had
discussed. I did not rape her and was not responsible for the pregnancy.”

Kulajolu was subsequently arraigned on Thursday before an
Apapa Magistrates’ Court on two counts bordering on rape and sexual assault.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Adegite, granted him
bail in the sum of N250,000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned till
March 17, 2016.