A Nigerian lady has narrated her ordeal in 2021 when she visited Zanzibar to celebrate her 23rd birthday.
Zainab disclosed her horrible experience with the hotel and police after she woke up to find a strange man in her room touching her.
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On the 15th of April 2021, I flew from Lagos, Nigeria to Zanzibar, Tanzania for my 23rd birthday and I was extremely excited about it. I had my reservations about going to a foreign country as a solo female traveler but none of my thoughts would have prepared me for what
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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6 night accommodation.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
On getting to the hotel, I was welcomed by the staff and they showed me my room which had a pool and sea view. Now, this looked like heaven to me and I can remember being so excited as this was going to be my dream birthday holiday.
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6 night accommodation.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
On getting to the hotel, I was welcomed by the staff and they showed me my room which had a pool and sea view. Now, this looked like heaven to me and I can remember being so excited as this was going to be my dream birthday holiday.
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I had breakfast, went to the pool and the beach which was very nice . I mingled with some Russian couples who were also lodged at the hotel and by evening time, I was already in full birthday mode as it was just a few hours to my birthday.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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so this was definitely a dream”. I told myself and went back to sleep
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
Some few minutes afterwards, I started to feel my hands stroking someone’s penis. At this moment, I opened my eyes to confirm if It was actually a dream or I was in real danger.
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I asked the man “who are you?” But all he kept saying was “baby, baby” . I asked in a louder tone this time around cause I was getting angry and then he quickly stuffed his hands over my mouth in an attempt to stop me from shouting.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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How did this man get into my room? Should I struggle for my life? Will he rape me and throw me into the ocean directly opposite my room? Should I let him rape me so he may spare my life? Should I run? Will he chase me?
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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How did this man get into my room? Should I struggle for my life? Will he rape me and throw me into the ocean directly opposite my room? Should I let him rape me so he may spare my life? Should I run? Will he chase me?
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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At this point, I became scared cause he was stinking so badly and that was the only thing I could smell. I couldn’t see his face so I started touching his body so I’d get some clarity on how to identify him if I ever get out of my room alive.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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He didn’t understand a word I said but immediately he heard HIV, he paused for a while.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
I quickly wanted to use the opportunity to run but then he started strangling my neck. I became very scared for my life as I saw my life flash right before me in an instant
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His belt fell off the bed so I got an instant feeling that this man came to my room fully clothed before removing his clothes right on my bed. He wore his shoes and came back to press my neck against the bed
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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the room. How can there be no phones in the room in a hotel that was supposedly a 4.5 star hotel in Zanzibar? I immediately locked my doors, ran to the bathroom and called my friend. I couldn’t talk well cause I was just crying but finally, I could speak and then we decided
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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All these thoughts I had while I tried to call the police but no one was responding to their calls. Then I sent a message to the hotel’s owner that I had been speaking with weeks before my trip.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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On getting outside the room, I wanted to make my way to the reception but then I saw two men who happened to be security men standing outside by the pool side having a conversation. I wanted to go meet them to tell them I had just just been attacked by a stranger in my room
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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Then I started to crawl on my knees chest around the leaves so no one could see me. When I got to hotel reception, I knocked on every door but no one answered me . I was crying profusely at this point cause I thought I wouldn’t survive this night. How could it be that there
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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The only issue was that the security men were directly opposite their room and I may get noticed if I go there.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
At this point, I put my phone on silence and started crawling on my chest till I got to their room
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got raped in my room. He advised that I stay in his room till we sort out the issue by day break. I called my friend to tell him I was in another room where I felt safe and he told me had called the hotel owner. This was around 4am in the morning.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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I waited there for over 2 hours before I was attended to by the hotel manager “Mussa”
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
Mussa claimed to have received a phone call around 4am by the hotels owner to go check for me in my room after my friend had called them . He said he didn’t find me in the room so he went
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OMG !! I was super livid at this point. Not only did these people try to rape and kill me, they also stole my $1,100. I had one thousand, one hundred dollars in my bag and it was gone also.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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The taxi driver arrived and we all left for the police station.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
The hotel manager and owner still hadn’t reached out to me yet. When I was talking and telling the staff that I was sexually assaulted and strangled that midnight, they all acted nonchalant about my story
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They were all speaking Swahili and were asking me questions instead of interrogating the suspects. When I decided to take a picture of the police station and the statement I had written, the police men started shouting at me and threatening me to delete the pictures I have
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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The suspects. “ The guy in the middle wearing a Blue Tee named “Zanzibar” is Mussa the hotel receptionist. The guy wearing the head warmer by his right is a kitchen staff while the guy wearing a black and white Tee is a security personnel”
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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I didn’t delete my pictures and videos. Instead, I took more because this was the only weapon I had against them. I started to google Nigerian embassies in Tanzania. I called all of them but no one answered me
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
They finally let me go to the hospital for a checkup.
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The police men at the Nungwi police station in Zanzibar kept on bullying and harassing me. Told me to leave their police station that I wasn’t raped and they had confirmed there was no penetration from the nurses.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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This is Alex. One of the Russian couple narrating how I ran into his their room to seek refuge in the middle of the night when the security men at WARERE BEACH HOTEL NUNGWI ZANZIBAR TANZANIA busted into my room.
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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The hotel has closed off their comment section on Instagram but I won’t stop till everyone boycotts this crazy hotel. The owner and manager said I lied about my experience
— Zainab Oladehinde (@zainabdehinde) April 16, 2022
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