Three out of the five men that allegedly gang-raped a lady (name withheld) at Ogijo area of Ogun State have been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command.
The suspects in police net are Sola Olaoluwa, Ibrahim Kehind and Lukman Banjoko.
The incident took place on July 23, 2020.
According to the Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the men were arrested following a complaint lodged at Ogijo division by the victim who reported that she met one man simply known as “Enny Money” who gave her an App to download on her phone.
The lady said she was told to download the App with an assurance that those she would meet through the App would help her financially.
She further stated that as soon as she downloaded the App, one man whom she later known to be the same “Enny Money” started chatting with her and invited her to Idimogun area of Ogijo.
On getting there, she was lured into a house where she was subsequently gang raped by five men who called themselves members of 1 million boys.
The gang, according to the victim, forced her to submission when they pointed gun at her as they took turn to rape her.
She said one of them recorded the rape with his phone.
Oyeyemi said upon the report, the DPO Ogijo division, Muhammed Baba Suleiman, dispatched his detectives to go after the hoodlums and bring them to justice.
At about 5 a.m. of July 24, 2020, the detectives succeeded in arresting the duo of 35 years old Sola Olaoluwa and 19 years old Ibrahim Kehinde.
Their arrest led the detectives to the third suspect, 20 years old Lukman Banjoko who was arrested on July 26, 2020.
On interrogation, the suspects made confessional statements that they actually committed the crime as alleged by the victim.
They further confessed that the victim was the second person they gang raped in that area.
Recovered from them are one toy gun with which they used to force their victim to submission and the phone which they used to recording their dastardly act.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for an indepth investigation.
He equally directed that the remaining members of the gang be hunted and brought to justice.
