Man shoots daughter's rapist

Ifeanyi Arinze allegedly tried to rape Asiribo Baba's 14-year-old girl
ARTICLE | MAY 19, 2012 - 5:16PM | BY PATIENCE OGBO

Asiribo Baba, a 40-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly shooting a bricklayer who attempted to rape his daughter.

A police officer, Femi Martins, said that Baba shot Ifeanyi Arinze, 29, who was making blocks at a building site in Agbara, Lagos. According to him, Arinze climbed the fence of Baba’s residence in Agbara to pluck oranges in the compound when he saw Baba’s 14-year-old daughter, who was sleeping outside.

"After he plucked the oranges, he went to the girl, who slept on the mat, and touched her Bosom  but the girl screamed," he said. "Arinze covered the girl’s mouth with his hand but her younger sister, who had been playing outside, came and called people."

He said Baba, who had been listening to the screaming of her daughter, came out with a gun, ran after Arinze and shot him in the leg when he was about to jump the fence.

He said other workers at the building site reported the case immediately to the police while Arinze was taken to the hospital.