Pursuing Justice

How do you forgive a rapist? 
What can he say? 
How can he make amends? 
How do you get justice for the victim? 
How do you ensure the rapist learns 
his lesson and does not visit his 
venom upon another destiny 
It was the question that plagued his 
mind all night 
A lady had approached him for justice 
The lady was a daughter of Zion who 
found herself mercilessly raped by a 
serial rapist 
She didn't keep quiet about it 
She reported at the police station and 
even to other people who she believed 
could help her get justice 
She had been mercilessly violated 
Robbed of her tranquility and joy 
But justice danced to the drumbeat of 
the rapist 
People started helping her to change 
the story "You want to ruin his life 
because he slept with you 
You want to ruin his career because 
you guys had sex? and he didn't give 
you a job like he promised"
The rapist had told everybody another tale 
He was her interviewer at a firm she applied 
to for a job 
During the course of the interview, he told 
her the interview was just a formality 
The opposition had been filled officially 
by an important man's daughter 
There was no vacancy as such but the 
company had to go through the motion 
She had been very distraught 
She needed a job desperately and the 
company was the only one that had invited 
her for an interview out of the hundreds 
she had applied to 
Things were really tough financially for her 
and her family
She had been without a job since she 
finished her NYSC 
She had worked as a Supermarket cashier, 
as a receptionist for a Bureau de change, 
as a marketer for an online marketing 
company and so on 
The companies never paid salaries 
The usual story at the end of the month 
was no inflow
She would have borrowed from friends 
and relatives for transportation and feeding 
with the hope of paying by the end of 
the month 
After two or three months, she would resign 
and secure a place at another startup 
company through an agency 
The cycle was endless and tiresome until 
she decided enough was enough 
She started applying to reputable companies 
online 
After a month of relentless hard work she 
got an invitation 
She had gone through four stages of their 
recruitment programme 
The interview with him was supposed to be 
the semi-final stage 
He saw her pain and calmly said "Don't be 
disappointed, meet me at so and so 
restaurant by 3 pm, we will work something 
out for you" 
It was hope! 
She clung to his words with all her heart 
She sat at the reception of his office until 
2:45 pm 
She didn't have enough money to wait 
anywhere else
The restaurant was just a few blocks away 
from his office 
She got there by three 
He strolled in a few minutes later 
He was very popular at the establishment 
he ordered her lunch while they talked 
He told her about a company he and some 
investors were starting the following month
He told her he would employ her as his 
personal assistant at the beginning and 
as things take shape, she would become 
the Administrative officer of the company 
He had documents to back it up CAC 
registration, letter headed papers and all 
He told her the company had bought a
property and had started furnishing it 
He invited her to the office the following 
Saturday to check things out for herself 
When she complained about startups and 
salary payment 
He laughed and showed her how much 
the company had in the bank "Staff salaries 
will never be a problem" he announced 
After the meal, he gave her ten thousand Naira 
for transportation 
She got the address of the company's office 
and promised to be there by 2 pm the 
following Saturday 
She went home singing and dancing 
Tears had endured for many nights, the dawn 
of joy was about to break for her and 
her family 
She told her aged mother the story of God's 
intervention 
She told her sickly father how an oasis of joy 
sprang up in the middle of the desert of 
despair 
She went home with some foodstuff that 
she bought with the money he gave her 
A foretaste of good tidings
Saturday was slow in coming but it 
finally arrived 
She dressed very carefully 
Even though it wasn't an official day of 
work and she had not been officially employed 
She wanted to give a very good impression, 
especially for negotiation purpose 
She needed to look like someone who
can only be offered a six-figure salary 
She sent him a Whatsapp message before 
she left her house 
He told her he would be at the office for 12 pm 
She was there by 11:55 am 
He kept to time 
When he opened the office, she saw why he 
laughed when she expressed her fears 
about startups and salaries 
The office was even better furnished than 
the one where she met him a few days 
before 
He showed her around, handed three files 
over to her with her name conspicuously 
written on one 
He showed her his office and her own 
right before it 
Then he took her to the MD's office 
It was larger and fully furnished 
It also had a resting room attached to it 
He switched on the Air Conditioner and 
sat down on the bed 
He said he needed to take a breather 
She stood by the door, taking it all in 
He told her to come in as he needed to 
dictate some letters
She asked him if that means she had 
been employed because she hadn't gotten 
a letter yet 
He said, "You are holding your company 
file in your hands and you still ask me that?" 
She smiled and apologized 
He stood up from the bed and in two 
strides, he closed the gap between them 
and grabbed her by the shoulders 
The next thing she knew, she was flying 
through the air and landed on the bed 
She was still screaming out of fright when 
she heard the door close and the locks 
turning 
He said "I know you want me, so let's 
stop pretending! 
You came for it, so stop the noise and 
come to daddy" 
It was as if she was watching a movie 
He took off his shirt and trousers, 
with a smile on his face 
By this time she was very scared 
She went on her knees and started to beg 
Her voice was shaky 
Her hands unsteady 
It felt as if her life was melting away
like a candle with many wicks burning 
haphazardly 
He brought out a knife from the drawer 
of the office desk by the door 
He said "You have two options, take off 
your clothes and satisfy me or die here! 
If you choose to die, I will still strip 
your dead body and pleasure myself,
then I will put your body in the bathtub 
over there and dissolve you with 
chemicals! 
You will be totally gone in three hours 
It would be as if you never existed" 
She was in soup 
She could see that he enjoyed her 
helplessness 
He was one of those perverts whose 
sadistic nature derives pleasure from 
inflicting pain and misery on the weak 
The more she begged with streaming 
down her face 
The more he smiled and the harder he got 
He was one of those sickos 
She needed her wits to get out of there alive 
She started taking off her clothes 
He said "I know you will do the right thing. 
Others struggled and were wasted. 
Come to me now" 
She asked him if he had some condoms 
He reached into the drawer and threw 
some at her 
By this time she was completely naked 
She crawled to him and started doing 
his bidding
 All the while she was praying...
"Lord Jesus, please help me out of this 
mess,
I dont want to lose my life here
I dont want to be wasted
I am sorry for all my sins, please 
forgive me
Please Lord help me out of this mess"
When he was done with her mouth, 
he turned her around
and took her from behind
The knife was in his hand throughout
She was afraid that at any minute, 
he would plunge it into her back and 
end her life
After about fifteen minutes, he came!
He pushed her to the flood and sat 
down on the desk
Panting and laughing like a lunatic
She knew he was trying to make up
his mind what to do with her
So she said "If you can get some viagra,
you can actually last longer and you
can also do me anally"
His eyes lit up
He said "I know you'd enjoy it
Wafi girl, I am coming..."
He dashed out of the room naked
He must have kept viagra somewhere in
the office complex but thankfully it
was not in the drawer where he kept
all his instrument of oppression
She packed her clothes and ran
out of the room
She was careful not to make any noise
When she got to the main exit, she
wore her skirt and blouse
She stuffed her bra and panties
in her handbag
Luckily, the door was open
She ran straight into the street
When she saw people, she stopped 
running
Freedom!
Fear!
Anger!
Guilt!
Shame!
Grief!
A wave of emotions hit her all at once
She went straight to the police station
It took almost an hour to get her
statement
An officer was told to follow her to the
office complex to arrest the rapist
She felt she should be taken to the
hospital and a proper rape test done
but the officer on duty felt otherwise
When they got to the office
The door was locked, he was gone
They went back to the police station
She was told to write a statement
She wrote everything she could 
remember
They told her to go home
They promised to work on it
She went to the hospital herself
and reported
The rape test thing was done
She needed it to be verified and
documented
She knew she would have died
She knew she was not his first victim
She wanted to be sure she would
be the last
By Monday morning, the story had
changed
The police DPO called her
When she got to the office, she found
him seating like a VIP
The DPO started talking in parables
"This allegation cannot stand in the 
court of law. The man you accused 
has an alibi for his where about on
Saturday
He had people who would prove he
wasn't with you on that day
We have done our investigations
The office you said he took you to
had not been opened for many weeks
It will be easier to conclude you were
hallucinating than to conclude that
he raped you
Was it true that you offered him your
body in exchange for a job last week?
He said he saw you at an interview and
you performed woefully
He said he turned you down because
he doesn't do such
This man has a good reputation at home
and abroad
He doesn't have a police record
If he was a rapist, there would be a record
somewhere or an allegation
It is difficult to believe you
In fact, he could file a case against you 
for false allegation"
The DPO was the one doing all the 
talking
She had become the ENEMY of state
That was how the case died
Justice had been buried by injustice
Falsehood had crucified the truth!
She reached out to the Brother in
Jeans and T-shirt
She told her story
"She wanted to know how she could
forgive and move on with her
life"
The Brother in jeans and T-shirt reached
out to the rapist
"Write a letter of apology to this lady
and get professional help"
The rapist declared war on anyone
who tried to tarnish his image
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt 
apologized to the rapist for poking his
nose where it didn't belong
Three days later, around 11:30 AM in
the morning
The rapist started feeling a headache
It felt as if his head would burst open
He used aspirin and other medicines
nothing worked
He was rushed to the hospital
His Blood Pressure was sky high
The doctors did everything to help him
But the headache was persistent
He was referred to another hospital
Scans were done
It was discovered that he had a brain
tumor
Doctors started talking about brain
Surgery and Laser treatment in Spain
His friends and relatives started looking
for alternatives
Nobody had the kind of money his
treatment would take
Prophets were invited
Spiritualists were invited
They said he had offended someone
He needed to apologize fast
He reached out to the Brother in
Jeans and T-shirt with pictures and
all
He had discovered that declaring war
on the TRUTH has consequences
He wrote a lengthy apology
He confessed his misdeed to his bosses
at the office and resigned
The vacant position she interviewed
for had not been filled
He was just using it to bait his victims
The company called and apologized to
her
She was offered his job and she took it
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt
met with him on a Tuesday
His parents promised he would get help
He promised he would get help
The Brother in jeans and T-shirt prayed
for him
That the seed of war will vanish from
his head
The tumor dissolved after three days
This happened in 2015 in Lagos State!

PS: I usually wouldn't write such a
story without cause
Another case came to me recently
I have reached out to the offender
I am hoping for a positive response
I write this to encourage him to do
the right thing
If he does not
I see a sun rapidly setting...
I will be there to bury it with my
shovel of justice
No one! No one can take advantage
of a citizen of Zion in my care
Like David, I will kill the Lion, I will
Kill the bear and I will kill Goliath
if need be!
Hope you got the message, Sir!

GSW's Note: I thought about this
for hours overnight
I hate to write stories like this
but one of my daughters was assaulted
and i will not allow the wicked to go
unpunished
This is grace reaching out
I have asked for a letter of apology
to the lady and a commitment to get
help from the appropriate authorities
from the perpetrator!
If he turns this down...
You will not hear the outcome here
but it shall resound in all the realms 
of power!