Fourteen Year Old Girl Allegedly Flees Home With 40-year-old Lover

A 14-year-old girl who hails from Jos, Plateau State, identified as Rosemary, has reportedly gone missing ‘again’ in the Agege area of Lagos State....

Sometime last month, same said Rosemary was rescued by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (MWAPA) from the apartment of her alleged 40-year-old lover, Chukwu Nkenna, at Obelle Junction, Surulere, Lagos.

According to Dailypost, Rosemary came to Lagos State in January 2014 and had since been in the care of a non-governmental organization interested in girl education, before she left in December 2014, due to financial challenges.

The teenager was said to have met Nkenna, popularly referred to as Kema, in the Surulere area around January 2015. She was reportedly staying in Nkenna’s house, who hails from Delta State. However in July, neighbours reported to the police in Surulere that Rosemary was being sexually abused and was suspected to be pregnant.

Reports further revealed that the Surulere Police Division had on Friday, August 21, arrested Nkenna for allegedly raping the teenager and the matter was said to have been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation (SDCI), Yaba, on Monday, August 24.

Subsequently, the police at SDCI reportedly released Nkenna while the victim was asked to seek medical attention.

Rosemary, afterwards, went back to continue living with her lover and the matter was said to have also been brought to the attention of MWAPA, which sent its officials to take the girl from the suspect’s house on September 8.

The agency reportedly billed the 14-year-old to go to a government rehabilitation centre, but she opted to stay in the Agege area with her uncle. However, on September 13, Rosemary reportedly sneaked out of her uncle’s apartment in Agege, and had since not been found.

Efforts to find Rosemary have proved abortive. Following the search, Nkenna’s apartment in Surulere was allegedly raided but she was not found. Nkenna was also said to have travelled out of Lagos State, and was unavailable for comment.

Rosemary’s uncle, who identified himself as Benjamin, said, “When Nkenna was initially arrested by the police and taken to SDCI, the police failed to follow up the matter. They released him, and said we should allow the girl to marry the man since they were both lovers.

“I was not happy with the way they treated that case. When they asked the two of them to go home, she returned to Nkenna’s house until she was taken from the apartment by government officials.

“Days later, she fled, and since that time, we have been looking for her. She called one of my brothers two days ago, but she did not tell us where she was staying. We assumed she was with the suspect. We do not have Nkenna’s number. So, we cannot reach him.

Benjamin further appealed to the state government to arrest Nkenna and bring their daughter back, adding that Nkenna must have given his little niece love potion and that must be the only thing tying her down.

A 14 year old girl having sex already!.....I have a headache imagining this abeg!