“He Said if I Refused to Have S€x With Him, he would Use the bottle to kill me”-Rape Victim Narrates Ordeal.

A married man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a receptionist in a toilet at the Mutab Hotel and Suites on Abeokuta Street in Ebute Metta, Lagos State.

The man, only identified as Fuad, is said to have visited the hotel with his girlfriend, but he allegedly left her in the hotel room and raped the 19-year-old hotel receptionist in the hotel’s toilet.

According to the Punch, the 19-year-old victim was sleeping at the hotel reception when one of the lodgers woke her up at midnight and asked for a towel.

It was discovered that the victim immediately left the reception area, went to the hotel’s backyard to retrieve a towel, and was on her way to attend to the guest when she felt the need to relieve herself.

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The victim, who spoke to our correspondent on Sunday, said she went to the general toilet in the backyard to urinate when Fuad approached her inside the toilet.

She said, “He wore only his underpants when he blocked me inside the toilet. I saw a bottle with him and he said if I refused to have sex with him, he would use the bottle to kill me.

He raped me inside the toilet and after he was done, he left me there. The incident happened between 12 midnight and 1am on Saturday when everybody was asleep.

“I was also asleep until one of our customers woke me up and said that he needed a towel. I was the one who attended to him (Fuad) when he came with his girlfriend to lodge in our hotel. He paid N5,000 for the room.

“He must have seen me when I went to pick the towel as he left his girlfriend inside the room, blocked me inside the toilet and raped me there.”

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“I reported the incident to my manager, Mr Ali, who raised the alarm in the morning. Mr Ali and my colleagues went to Fuad’s room, apprehended him and it was at that point that his girlfriend knew what he did. My manager and colleagues saw the bottle Fuad used to threaten me inside the toilet.”

Mutairu Oke, the hotel’s owner, stated that the suspect was turned over to police and that the receptionist was taken to the hospital for treatment.

He said, “Immediately I was informed in the morning, I instructed my workers to apprehend him. I rushed down to the hotel and took him to the Denton Police Station. Fuad is currently detained there.