An 18 year old Auxiliary nurse working at a hospital on Santa
Maria Street, in the Egan, Igando area of Lagos State was
allegedly raped by a gang of armed robbers that stormed the
hospital last Thursday May 28th.
According to Punch , this will be the third time the hospital will
be hit by armed robbers. The armed robbers reportedly gained
entrance into the hospital after overpowering the security
officer, then they moved from ward to ward, robbing patients
of their valuables.
A worker in the hospital who spoke on the condition of
anonymity said
“The girl was actually the one who went to the police
station to report. She accused the management of the
hospital of dereliction of duty and said she was raped
by the men. She also alleged that the owner of the
hospital did not provide adequate security for his
workers and subjected her to mental torture by losing
her virginity through rape.” The Medical Director of the
hospital who was arrested after the incident but was
released on Bail by the police , denied claims that the
nurse was raped. "“It is an everyday affair here. The
robbers come to the street almost every time to rob
residents. It is the third time they would come to the
hospital. They came in and dispossessed patients of
their valuables. When the incident happened, we took
her through some tests and discovered she was intact.
She is still a virgin and nothing happened to her. It is
just that as a young girl, she suffered some shocks and
that is all. But if you heard she was raped, well, maybe
she was a victim of circumstances and that obviously
was not my fault. If I have a house and robbers raid
my house and then rape somebody, is that my fault? I
am doing all these because of the girl. And if it is her
parents or anybody that spreading wrong information, I
don’t think I am to blame. I have already tried my
best.”he said
The Lagos state Police spokesperson, Kenneth Nwosu when
contacted about the incident, said he wasn't aware of such
report.
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