An 11-year-old girl, Favour Okechukwu, was recently gang-raped by four men in Lagos.  The incident happened at Olarewaju street in Ejigbo area of Lagos state.

According to PM News Correspondent’s, the victim, on returning from school around 8:30pm was sent to buy a carton of gala, a popular snack from a nearby shop when four men lured her to a room and raped her to death. The perpetrators, realizing that the girl was dead, abandoned her and fled. The victim’s father, Dickson Okechukwu on returning from work discovered her naked body in the room after a wild search for her.

“I was shocked when my wife said Favour hadn’t returned from where she was to collect a carton of the gala(snack) because it was unusual of her to stay long outside. I went to three of her classmates’ houses to look for her, but they all said they didn’t see her. I was walking like a mad man, asking everyone I saw about her whereabouts and it was getting dark. I saw a man who lives on the same street with me and told him I was looking for my daughter, He informed that he had to close early because a little girl was raped to death in a building close to his shop. I decided to go and check since I was looking for my daughter and he accompanied me to the building. Behold, when I got there, it was my daughter, Favour! She lay unconscious on the floor. I shouted, shook her vigorously as I called out her name, But she didn’t respond. I was too shocked to believe she was gone just like that. A child I left hale and hearty while leaving the house in the morning, was gone when I returned”, he said in tears.

When the Ejigbo Police division was informed about the murder, it mobilized officers who went to the scene and discovered the girl’s corpse. Palpably shocked and afraid of being arrested by the police, residents in the area fled. Though the suspects are still at large, Tabi, the owner of the room in which Favour was gang-raped, has been arrested and is helping the police with investigations.

Engrossing? Certainly. But the most worrisome thing about the murder is that the area is a slum notorious for criminal activities and atrocities. Meanwhile, the police have intensified efforts to arrests the suspects who are still at large.

this is so depressing! This is deep seated wickedness!

we all need to stand up against RAPE and all forms of child sexual violence and abuse. They must pay for the gruesome murder of this child.
justice must prevail! Join the movement to fight for #justiceforfavour