A
 15 year old girl working as a  maid  in  the  home of an Air force personnel at
 the Air force Barracks Ikeja Lagos State   has been allegedly  sexually abused by her Master  
W.O FARODOYE-  an Air Force officer. 
It
 was gathered that  everyday in the morning when his wife  and children 
have gone to work and school respectively ,officer Farodoye will sneak 
home and allegedly force himself on the girl. The girl was quoted to 
have said officer Farodoye also defiled  her in the  ,evening and in the 
night when no one is watching. 
According to the Advocates For Children and Vulnerable Persons Network, the  girl has been  complaining of stomach ache . 
The
 source said "She confided in a neighbour and that the man uses condom 
wen perpetrating the act. The man comes back  home maybe at break time to
 sex the girl.Please how can we help the girl out because the man has threatened to kill the girl if she tells anybody'. 
Following
 the complaint, ACVPN coordinator Mr. Ebenezer Omejalile said
  " We were
 with the AIR Force Base Gender/ Legal team. We met the 2IC to the OC of
 the Unit by name PW Adedeji. We presented the matter before PW Adedeji 
and how urgently we need their cooperation to rescue the Survivor and 
the Perpetrator W.O FARODOYE is arrested as well.PW Adedeji told us that
 he would ensure the needful is taken up, but for fact that the Head of 
operation is on his annual leave."
"He  assured us 
that before the close of work today he would reach out to us to come 
over.We also informed PW Adedeji that we also gathered the survivor told
 the mandated reporter that the Perpetrator has been abusing her from 
Age 13 till date and she has started experiencing Stomach Ache.
PW ADEDEJI kept true to his word at about 3:30 PM today to inform us the Perpetrator and the Survivor are right before him.PW
 Adedeji further told us that the survivor confirmed she has been under 
consistent molestation in the hands of the Perpetrator.
According
 to PW Adedeji the perpetrator W.O FARODOYE didn't denial the Survivors 
claim, according to PW Adedeji who told us that the matter is now 
official matter, he asked what is our position on this matter , we told 
him our position is first of all the Survivor should be rescued and the perpetrator should be prosecuted so that this would serve as a detriment
 to others .
PW ADEDEJI 
told us to come back tomorrow with a working document for the Survivors 
release, we have equally notified the The child protection Unit CPU 
Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development MYSD Alausa Ikeja 
for the placement, The CPU equally demanded for a letter  from the AIR 
FORCE BASE .We urge the CPU to earnestly work on rescuing the survivor 
to a safe home. and it is of paramount importance that the prosecutor be
 tried by the Law and not be given an air force trial! Thanks to all 
involved ".

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