‘Helpers’ gang-rape teenager during sanitation in Ogun (Photo)
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly gang- raping a 14-year – old girl in Obantoko , in the Odeda Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects are Abiodun Ishola and Kehinde Oloyede .
The state Police Public Relations Officer , Abimbola Oyeyemi, said they were arrested on Saturday , April 28, 2018, following a complaint from the victim .
The victim , who is a hairdresser, had reported at the Obantoko division how the suspects allegedly raped her on the sanitation day.
Oyeyemi said during the exercise, the victim was on the way to her workplace , unknown to her that sanitation was still on .
He said , “ She said further that Abiodun, who was sitting in front of his father ’ s house, informed her of the restriction of movement and asked her to stay in the house pending when the exercise would end .
“ While she was with Abiodun , the victim said he took her bag inside the room and when she wanted to leave , he told her to go to pick her bag, not knowing that he ( Abiodun) had sent for his friend , Kehinde, who later joined him . They both forcefully had carnal knowledge of her .
“ It was her screams that attracted people who eventually rescued her. ”
He said the Divisional Police Officer, Obantoko division , Veronica Osakwe , later led detectives to the scene where Abiodun was apprehended and his arrest led to the eventual arrest of his accomplice , Kehinde.
He said on interrogation , the suspects confessed to the crime .
The victim was reportedly taken to a hospital for medical examination.
“ The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the suspects should be transferred to the Anti- Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution , ” Oyeyemi added .
In another development, a police inspector , Azeez Ajasa , of Mopol 16, Oke Ilewo , Abeokuta, died in a lone accident on Tuesday at Sowo village along the Abeokuta-Kobape – Sagamu Expressway.
The Public Relations Officer , Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps , Babatunde Akinbiyi , said the deceased was travelling in a golf car with the number plate , EKY 631 BB, from Abeokuta to Iperu, when he lost control of the vehicle due to speeding .
The golf was said to have somersaulted and landed into a bush .
Akinbiyi said the victim ’ s corpse had been deposited in the mortuary of the Ijaiye General Hospital, Abeokuta.