“Everyone is tired of him…”: 85-year-old serial child molester escapes lynching in Somolu

by Akan Ido
An 85-year-old man who resides in the Somolu area of Lagos yesterday escaped being lynched by mothers and petty traders who accused him of sexually molesting a fourteen year old girl.
The man simply identified as Baba Yellow was reportedly dragged out of his house at George Street by a mob who stripped and booed him until policemen attached to the Onipanu Division intervened to bring the escalating situation under control.
According to a source who identified himself as Olamide, “The mob stripped and on the verge of lynching him when the police arrived.
“It was one of Baba Yellow’s neighbours who discovered that he had been sleeping with the girl. The neighbour had seen her leaving Baba Yellow’s room and he is notorious in the community for sleeping with young girls.
“The girl’s guardian was immediately informed and she raised the alarm after the girl confessed that Baba Yellow had been having regular sex with her.”
Reports say Baba Yellow is a father of four grown-ups who lives with his wife in a one-bedroom apartment. His wife, however, is a trader at Mile 2 market who is rarely present at home.
The young victim narrated her story saying she met the old man at the Sunday market, Somolu where she had gone to buy things for her guardian.
“He gave me some money and asked me to come to his house. When I didn’t show up, he later came to my compound to look for me. That was how we went to his room and had sex. He has been sleeping with me for a month,” she said.
Biliki Usman, a resident of the area said, “He already has a reputation here and most mothers warn their daughters to stay clear of him. Yet he manages to always get victims. There have been claims that he hypnotizes his victims. In 2005, Baba Yellow was arrested and convicted of sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl. He served three years in Kirikiri.
“In 2011, he was arrested by the Alade police division for sexually molesting a nine-year-old too. The matter was later settled and did not get to court. There had been other countless arrests.
“Everyone is tired of him; he is a danger to young children and we just want him out of our community, forever.”
But Baba Yellow told the angry mob that he was lured by the 14-year-old girl.
He said, “Each time she comes to my house, she would undress herself and ask me to look at her breast. You can see she has been coming to me all this while on her own; she is a flirt and spoiled child.”
When contacted, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officers, DSP Ngozi Braide said she is yet to be briefed on the details of the incident promising to give details as soon as she gets them.

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