Rapist Attacks Lagos Couples, Kills Pregnant Woman, Injures Kids

There was unease at Oluwoye community in Ibeshe, Ikorodu area of Lagos on Friday after an assailant suspected to belong to a gang of rapists in the area, killed a 30-year-old pregnant woman Afusat Yusuf, and stabbed her husband, Kazeem Yusuf. The man is now in a coma. Punch reports that the rapist also inflicted injuries on the couple’s two kids – Rodiat and Opeyemi, aged six and five respectively. It was gathered that the attacker had gained access to the couple’s apartment around 2am on Friday through the window and attempted to rape Afusat. The woman’s husband, Kazeem, was said to be awake in the process and reportedly resisted the rapist, who resorted to hacking him and their two kids with a machete. Not done, the suspect went to a neighbouring building and unleashed terror on another couple, 52-year-old Sunday Robert and his wife, whose name had yet to be ascertained. The suspect subsequently fled the area. While Afusat died on the spot, Kazeem and the children were rushed to the Ikorodu General Hospital, where they are still receiving treatment. The incident was reported at the Ipakodo Police Division. A resident, who identified himself simply as Adisa, lamented the spate of attacks on residents of Ibeshe community and its environs, saying the government had not made significant moves to address the attacks. He said, “There have been series of attacks by this gang of rapists on residents at different parts of Ibeshe. Several women have been raped and killed.
 Female children were also molested. Around 2am today (Friday), a member of the gang attacked two houses.
 In the first house, he hacked a pregnant woman, Afusat, to death and seriously injured her husband and their two children. He inflicted a cut on Rodiat’s ear and smashed an object on Opeyemi’s mouth. He also attacked a couple in another building.
 They have been taken to a hospital. “Residents are moving out of the community because there is no solution in sight to these attacks.
Those of us who do not have anywhere to run to are living in fear. The government has not come to our aid despite our outcry