Christopher Arigidi


Punch reports that Christopher went to a naming function in the area where the young lady lives with her parents in Apata Community in Ese-Odo LGA of Ondo State last Wednesday and took her to his home, rubbed engine oil on her private part and after that defiled her.

One of the youths in the area, Oshodi Ibeji, said Arigidi took the girl away under the appearance of playing with her.

“The suspect and some people were sitting together at the function. All of a sudden, the guy stood up and said he wanted to go and change his cloth at home. As he was going, he took the girl along with him; the mother of the victim saw him when he was going. When the mother went back home, she did not see her daughter so she went to Argigidi’s house and found out that the girl had been defiled. After discovering what happened, she reported to the youths who went to the man’s house to beat him up. He was later taken to the community chairman. He initially denied it but later confessed that he did it.” he said

The victims's mother, Pouma Ologun, said when she saw Arigidi taking her little girl away however never imagined he was wanting to defile her.

“When I saw my daughter with Christopher (Arigidi), I asked him where he was going to and he said he wanted to buy something, so I left him alone. Later, I went to Christopher’s house to call my daughter, and as she was coming out, she was looking at her clothes. I drew her nearer and I saw oil on her laps, I asked her where she got oil from but she was just looking at me. When we got home, I removed her clothes and I saw oil in her private parts too, I called one of my friends who later told me that my daughter had been raped. When I asked my daughter who touched her, she mentioned Christopher’s name.” she said

She is demanding justice.

The chairman of the community, Jagun, was blamed for discharging the suspect to his family even after he admitted to committing the crime. Jagun has anyway denied the allegation.

“I was not around when it happened but when I got back, I was told what happened. I told some people to lock him up in a room since we don’t have a police station in our community. The decision to take him to a police station lies in the hand of the victim’s father because the nearest police station to our community is very far.” he said