How my friend escaped rape in Hezikiah Oluwasanmi library ,Obafemi Awolowo University on December 1,2019.
She left for Academics from her hall of residence by 7:20pm. She went to read inside the library in preparation for her exam.
She was in the library for a while and all of a sudden a guy came to sit beside her.
She realized a sound was disturbing her but later discovered that the guy was masturbating beside her. She was shocked. Being her first time experiencing that kind of disgusting experience,She didn’t know what to do next because she was not comfortable with it at all. She tried to shift her chair to the table very well but the guy still continued masturbating.
She left her seat to seek for help from the other guys sitting in front. She explained the situation to those guys but when they saw that it was beyond their control they didn’t respond or offer to help. she then summoned courage and went back to her seat and intentionally flashed the guy with her phone torchlight.
She Said ;Guy, what are you doing?Guy;what are you doing ?
she said;
“He still continued with it until I ran away from him.i tried my best to keep him from seeing my face.When I noticed that he was looking for me, I ran to philosophy department where I met the identical twins that stay in Alumni which happens to be my hostel too …
They went back there and brought my bag,books and slip on which I had left in the library because of fear”.
She was scared and was breathing heavily because she never expected such disgusting act in a school library …..
Interview with the victim;
Q ; what time did you go to the library ?
A ; around 7:20pm
Q ; Can you remember the time the incident happened ?
A ; I think it was about 8 : 30pm because I was about reading another book.
Q ; Have you ever or by mistake met the guy before probably this same library or Academic area or somewhere ?
A ; Not at all…. This is my first time seeing him.
Q ; Can you describe him briefly ?
A ; Haaaa, I didn’t really notice him because my attention was on my books. What I can just say is that he is black in complexion, he is on dreadlocks, he wore a white top and a black Jean and held a big bunch of key with two phones.
Q ; Was he reading his books or what was he doing when he entered the library ?
A ; He was looking at his phone constantly but he held his book as well…He was doing something on his phone constantly with one hand and holding his penis with the other hand. I even got to notice that, because of the sound he was making with it(penis).
Q ; What was your first thought when it happened?
A ; I was shook, because I have never experienced it before. I imagined that what if he actually harmed me or used a spray or powder that will make me unconscious or sleep off and actually rapes me…
Q ; Why didn’t you call the security immediately those guys were unable to help you?
A ; Hmmm, it just came to mind now that I should have done so but then, i was emotionally unstable, and was sweating profusely and couldn’t think well…..
End of the interview.
Interviewed by : Advocate on sex education campaign awareness….
Written by Ummu Khayr
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