A corps member serving in Ibadan, Wannirebie Ayo has narrated how an Okada man almost raped her today on her way to NYSC secretariat from her PPA. “I got the greatest shock of my life today when I was almost raped by an okada man. I got dressed up left my house heading to the Secretariat in another community not up to 30kms away from my PPA, before I enter the bike. The man said he wants to use the bush that he is having running stomach then I agreed and waited when he was done we left getting to some point around 4kms he stopped and said he wants to use the bush again.
“Not wasting much time he came back start asking me, how much am I paying? I told him it’s a fixed price na that’s not what we should argue about when he insist I said it’s #300 which is d normal price we pay he said no that I will pay him N1500 stopping at the junction for 8km and to my destination N2000 so felt uncomfortable wit the way he was acting that was when I told him ok he should take me back to where he picked me he said what about the fair I said I will pay him I want to collect money from my friend to pay him the N2000 then he refused and said if I don’t have money he has to take advantage of me using the “f” word then I got scared, tried running away. Everywhere is full of bush where will I run to self no houses, no cars and was already frightened which even made me got weak.
“He ran after me got me and I engaged in a fight with him because I had no choice, then he dragged me and pushed me down to the bush corner started rough handling me, hit my lips with a blow I started bleeding from the mouth, he tore my uniform. I was only shouting Jesus Jesus save me save me then at a point he left me and drove off with his bike. I just believe that God intervene in my battle because I see no other reason why he would have left me not accomplishing his aim to rape me and didn’t collect my phone or any belongings. On the other hand government should scrap this NYSC or stop posting corpers to remote areas,” she posted on her Instagram page.
Photo Credit: Wannirebie Ayo
