
They also alleged that he decided to have sex with their aunt
for ritual purposes.
One of them said: “When he was dragged off her, she
couldn’t get up for more than three/four hours.
“She was extremely weak.
“There’s no doubt that he used something on her.”
Although police are itching to prosecute Peter, but the
detectives need all the evidence they could get.
One of the key crucial evidence is to take the woman,
identified simply as Iya Rasheedi, to Mirabel Centre at the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital to ascertain penile
penetration.
The trouble however was that Iya Rasheedi refused to be
cajoled or coaxed into going to Mirabel Centre.
Some of her relatives said the investigators should give them
time to get one of her five kids, who are all married and live
in different in areas of Lagos, come speak to her.
“Once she sees any of them, she would follow them to the
hospital,” said one of her relatives.
If the test is not carried out, Peter will go scot free.
Denying vehemently that he penetrated, Peter blamed his
action on being drunk and on a supposed curse that had been
following him from his village.
Narrating his story, the suspect said he was drunk and was
walking along the street when he saw the mad woman.
She was stark Unclad.
He said that he felt his manhood roar to life and quickly
removed his trouser.
As he pounced on her, she started screaming and struggling.
Some local vigilante men heard her screams and rushed to the
scene.
They rescued her from Peter.
Witnesses said Peter penetrated the woman, but he had
consistently denied it.
He however said: “If not for the security men, maybe I would
have had sex with her, notwithstanding that she was
screaming and struggling.
“I don’t know what came over me.
“Please forgive me!
“I had a lot of things on my mind.
“My problems are bigger than me.
“I have nobody to help me.”
When police grabbed him, packets of Indian hemp were
recovered from his pocket.
He said: “My spirit is willing to serve God, but my flesh is
always deceiving me.
“I saw the woman Unclad at Oke-Odo Pipeline.
“I was even planning to go and sleep at Super when I saw
her.
“I removed my trouser and tried to force her to have sex with
me.
“She started shouting.”
Asked the sort of curse following him, Peter said whenever he
succeeds and makes money, it would disappear.
“He also said that his parents died, nobody wants to take care
of him because “anybody that takes care of me, will suddenly
die!
“I’ve been told to carry out sacrifice and libation on my
grandfather and father’s grave.”
An angry relative of Iya Rasheedi said: “The woman has five
grown kids.
“She has been mad for over 27 years.
“The madness used to come and go.
“Once it goes, she would cover her body and once it comes
upon her, she leaves home and starts wandering.
“This her condition was what killed her elder brother.
“He was going everywhere, seeking solution for her problem
until he died.
“Her husband disappeared and abandoned her after she went
mad.”
Investigators said Peter is looking at life imprisonment if
found guilty since a mentally unstable woman cannot give
consent for sexual intercourse.