A teenage girl has told of how she was hypnotized and almost used for rituals by her boyfriend.
The victim
Her stricken scream of help me rented the air at the early hours of Tuesday, jolting residents of Mechanic Village in Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, Isolo area of Lagos, from sleep. But none went out to know the cause because it was too late to do so.
Her piercing cries gradually subsided,, with a man’s voice ordering her to get out of the house.
By morning, her personal effects were seen littered in front of a barbing saloon which served as home for her and her 28-year-old boyfriend.
By the time residents went out to find out the cause of the agitation, she was sighted crouching at a corner, with blood -shot eyes.
Out of curiosity and concern for the agonizing teenager later identified simply as Favour, this reporter decided to invite her for a tete-a tete , few days later and her narration depicted that of abuse and torture , right from a tender age.
She stated how she was taken from her widowed mother in Abia state, alongside one of her siblings to live in Lagos with one of her aunts, at the age of eight..
Things went well until she turned 12, no thanks to some friends she surrounded herself with.
Things went well until she turned 12, no thanks to some friends she surrounded herself with.
Wrong signal
According to her, “ I am from Abia State. I left home after the demise of my father. I was a well behaved girl and was intelligent and godly. But everything changed when I was in Junior Secondary School 2. Then I was 12 years old. My aunt started complaining of my unruly attitude.
The friends I surrounded myself with misled me . They told me to steal my aunt’s money and bring it to school for them to spend.
According to her, “ I am from Abia State. I left home after the demise of my father. I was a well behaved girl and was intelligent and godly. But everything changed when I was in Junior Secondary School 2. Then I was 12 years old. My aunt started complaining of my unruly attitude.
The friends I surrounded myself with misled me . They told me to steal my aunt’s money and bring it to school for them to spend.
Hypnotized
“Whenever we were returning from school, a barber would be calling me but I would ignore him. One day, my friends lured me to the barber’s shop and also accompanied me. By the time we got there, he prepared noodles for us. But mine took a longer time . By the time I was served, I immediately fell in love with the 28-year-old barber, Wale. It got to an extent that I started talking back at my aunt.
When she found out about Wale and confronted me, I told her to let me live my life, after all she had her own husband.
Unable to tolerate my insolence, my aunt took me to my grand mother’s at Ejigbo. From there , I would come and see my love.
When my grandmother told me she did not want to see me with the Wale again, I left her house and came to live with the barber at age 12.
“Whenever we were returning from school, a barber would be calling me but I would ignore him. One day, my friends lured me to the barber’s shop and also accompanied me. By the time we got there, he prepared noodles for us. But mine took a longer time . By the time I was served, I immediately fell in love with the 28-year-old barber, Wale. It got to an extent that I started talking back at my aunt.
When she found out about Wale and confronted me, I told her to let me live my life, after all she had her own husband.
Unable to tolerate my insolence, my aunt took me to my grand mother’s at Ejigbo. From there , I would come and see my love.
When my grandmother told me she did not want to see me with the Wale again, I left her house and came to live with the barber at age 12.
Things fall apart
Barely had I started living with him than he showed his true self. He would beat me and throw me out of the shop which served as home for me. At a point I began to wonder if this was the person I fell in love with.
Barely had I started living with him than he showed his true self. He would beat me and throw me out of the shop which served as home for me. At a point I began to wonder if this was the person I fell in love with.
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