[WTF!]...Ogun horror Orphanage Mr. Olatayo Atunde Owner started raping me at 10 — Victim

Atunde and The victims

Female inmates at the Light of Hope Orphanage describe how the owner of the orphanage allegedly raped them repeatedly.

 From the outside, the Light of Hope Orphanage in Akute area of Ogun State looks like every other orphange.

The facility which was founded in 1996 by Mr. Olatayo Atunde receives donations from multinational companies, non-governmental organisations, and other concerned members of the public. The orphanage, also has a nursery and primary school within the premises.

However, recent sexual allegations by some of the female inmates seem to have shattered the positive image the orphanage once enjoyed.

It all started when two young girls from the home told their secondary school teacher that they were raped by Atunde, who runs the facility.

One of the orphans 14-year-old Atinuke (not real name) said Atunde, popularly referred to as, daddy, by the inmates, slept with her and....

many other girls at the orphanage.

Atinuke, who is now in custody of an NGO, Project Alert on Violence Against Women, said she lost her virginity to Atunde at the age of 10 and has lost count of the number of times he has had sex with her.

She said, “Daddy started sleeping with me when I was 10. I have two blood brothers at the orphanage who I reported to but they have not been able to do anything about it. On one occasion, when he was sleeping with me, I ran into another room but he chased me and warned me never to run away from him again.

“I also reported the matter to the orphanage administrator, Aunty Hannah, and she said she would address the matter but daddy continued to rape me. Daddy usually raped us around 2am in his room. His wife does not always sleep in his room. She sleeps at the crèche where the younger orphans are staying.”

Atunde was also alleged to have sacked one of the employees at the orphanage that dared to challenge him. 

Another orphan, Salewa (not real name), told SUNDAY PUNCH that she was barely 12 when Atunde started having sexual relations with her.

She said she had a sister at the orphanage who was in the university. She added that she had caught Atunde having sex with another orphan.

“Daddy has been having sex with at least 10 of us. We are mostly between the ages of 8 and 14. I reported to Aunty Hannah and when she challenged daddy, he laid a curse on me,” she said.

The PUNCH had reported that at the instance of Project Alert, the police at Zone 2 Command had begun investigations into the matter and had arrested Atunde, who was later released on bail.

Culled - Punch

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