Anthony Iwuoma
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 29-year-old man, Buhari Abiola for raping a 21-year-old young woman (name withheld) in Ogere area of Abeokuta.
The suspected rapist, popularly known as Eyinju, was nabbed on May 7, 2020.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, told reporters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, that the suspect was arrested, following a report lodged the victim at Adigbe Divisional Headquarters.
She said she was selling fried potatoes and bean cake at Church Street area of Ogere, when the suspect came to buy the fried potatoes and asked her to come and collect money in his house, which is a stone throw distance to the place.
“On getting to his (Buhari) house, the suspect forcefully dragged her into his room where he had carnal knowledge of her against her consent,”the victim had reported.
Oyeyemi said: “Upon the report, the DPO Adigbe division, CSP Austin Okpadile detailed his men to the scene where the randy suspect was promptly arrested”.
“On interrogation, the suspect who was denying initially later confessed that he actually raped the girl.
”He stated that he has been making advances to the girl for quite some time but the girl has been turning him down, and when he saw her selling fried potatoes, he decided to use that as a bait to get her to the bed.”
He added that the State Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
