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Teenage Rape Survivor Decries Ordeal at Hands of Former Police Officer
Teenage serial rape survivor, (names withheld), has decried her ordeal at the hands of her tormentor, SP Monday Joseph Ebowemen, a retired former police officer, who also doubles as her maternal uncle.
The 15-year-old was said to have been victimised by the suspect for four years, resulting to three pregnancies that he forced her to abort, thereby damaging her womb.
The survivor, who is currently being treated under protection, in an exclusive interview with THISDAY, said for four consecutive years, she was raped serially by her uncle, whom she lived with.
Recounting her ordeal she said the brutal abuse began when she was only 11 years at their Sangotedo residence in Ajah, Lagos.
THISDAY, September 10, 2018
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