Gloria Ogbu
Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested a commercial motorcyclist together with his accomplice for gang raping an 18-year-old female passenger.
The incident reportedly happened on Tuesday at Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.
According to Ogun State Police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, two of those who had forceful intercourse with the teenager, Emmanuel Thompson and Joshua Godwin, have been arrested while two other accomplices escaped.
Oyeyemi, confirmed that the victim reported the incident at the Ogijo police division, leading to the arrest of the suspects.
He also stated that the victim (name withheld) had told the police that she boarded a commercial motorcycle at about 8:00 am from MRI company area to Ogijo bus stop on Tuesday; “but 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 did not cooperate with them.”
“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 forcefully have sex with her.”
He also noted that the suspects confessed to the crime.