An 18-year-old lady (her name withheld) has narrated to operatives of the Ogun State Police Command how she was picked up on the road and gang-raped by four men.
According to a statement issued by the state police spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the victim boarded a commercial motorcycle (Keke NAPEP) at about 8:00AM on Tuesday, August 30 from MRI company area to Ogijo bus stop.
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However, on the way, the rider who carried another male passenger with her suddenly diverted to another route, while the other male passenger started threatening to kill her if she didn’t cooperate with them.
”She complained further that they forcefully took her to a room in one house in the area, where two other men were waiting for them. On getting there, the two men they met in the room and the accompanied male passenger took turns to have sex with her forcefully.
“Upon the report, the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Onatufe Umoh, detailed his detectives to the scene where two amongst the suspects were apprehended while their other accomplices escaped.
“The two arrested suspects have confessed to the commission of the crime,” the statement read.
According to the spokesperson, two of the four gangs, Emmanuel Thompson and Joshua Godwin have been arrested while the other two are at large.
Oyeyemi noted that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Departments (SCID) for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
He said the Commissioner also directed that the escaped members of the gang must be hunted for and brought to book.
