How a teenage Nigerian maid was raped, impregnated and sacked by her Lebanese boss

One 17-year-old Roda Timothy, who left Plateau for Lagos,
last year for better life has been raped and impregnated by
her Lebanese boss who later kicked her out of his house
when all his efforts to abort the pregnancy failed.
Her boss popularly called Hussein, works as a professional
chef for highbrow companies in Lagos and resides on Allen
Avenue, Ikeja agreed to pay Roda N10, 000 monthly. Two
months after impregnating her, Hussein sacked her after
paying her a paltry sum of N19,000 for the two months she
worked for him.
Roda who pleaded passionately that her photograph
should not be taken then narrated how it all happened to
Crime Guard
“I started working with the man as a maid
immediately I came to Lagos. He agreed to pay me
N10,000 monthly as my salary. When I packed into
the house, my boss was not around but he came
back two days later from his work place.
How I was raped
“On this particular day, my boss was about to leave
the house when his brother asked me to go and
meet him and collect some money to purchase food
items for the house. I knocked on his door, he
answered and asked me to come inside. When I
entered, I told him that his brother asked me to
collect money to purchase food items. He said okay
and got up from where he was sitting, and
pretended as if he wanted to get the money before
he grabbed me forcefully. I struggled with him and
was shouting but he over powered me and raped
me.
Second round of rape
“The following month when I discovered that I had
missed my monthly circle, I informed him about it
but instead of finding solution to it, he raped me a
second time. I then kept disturbing him about the
growing pregnancy. What he did was to send me to
a nearby chemist with a prescription but the
attendant refused to attend to me without his
presence. He later went with me and bought some
drugs which he asked me to take to abort the
pregnancy. I took the drugs but nothing happened.
After some days, he bought another set of drugs
which I took, yet, nothing happened.
I then became very worried and was disturbing him
to find a solution to the problem he caused. That
was when he started threatening me and later
sacked me after paying me N19,000.
I was so afraid that when I went back to my brother
who brought me to Lagos, I didn’t tell him that I
was pregnant for my boss. I was just praying that
the pregnancy will just disappear but it did not.
Unknown to my brother that I was pregnant, he got
me another job where I worked for four months as a
maid before my new employer discovered that I was
pregnant and told my brother.”
Her brother speaks
“Roda’s brother, Joshua also narrated his story to Crime
Guard. According to him,
“It was January this year that we discovered she
was pregnant. Her stomach was still flat and we
had to take her for scan. It was then she revealed
that her former boss,Hussein, was responsible for
her pregnancy. So, we went to Hussein’s house to
confront him but he denied being responsible for the
pregnancy. We therefore reported the case to the
Immigration Department in Ikeja and on February 9,
2016, he was arrested but was later released.
From Immigration to NAPTIP
“From immigration department, my sister was taken
to the National Agency For The Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP. Initially, officials of
NAPTIP said she would be with them until she
delivers but last week, officials of the agency came
and asked me to come and take my sister back as
she will soon deliver. The pressure and threats
from NAPTIP became too much to the extent that I
don’t know whether they are protecting the interest
of my sister who was abused by a foreigner or that
of the foreigner”.
Joshua lamented the atrocities perpetrated by some
expatriates resident in Nigeria, saying “ these atrocities
continue unabated because the government and relevant
authorities ignore the plight of helpless victims who are at
their mercy,”he stated.
When Crime Guard visited the residence of the Lebanese,
Mr Hussein in Ikeja, he was not around but a lady in the
house promised to inform him about our visit and get back
to us.
Promise by Hussein’s nephew
The next morning, one Mr Hassan called claiming to be the
nephew of Mr Hussein Ali. He said his sister informed him
of our visit to his residence the previous day. According to
him, whatever happened between his Hussein and Roda
was a mistake and that they were doing everything within
to resolve the issue while Hussein has agreed to take care
of Roda until she gives birth. He however added that a DNA
will be carried out to determine the paternity of the baby
but the family will not refuse to take responsibility. “We are
doing everything to ensure she delivers safely,” he added.