Pascal Arogorn Ibe
The police in Ekiti State have arrested a middle-
aged man simply identified as Femi for
allegedly raping a teenager.
Femi was arrested after he also abducted the
girl and hid her for three days in an isolated
location.
He was said to have committed the crime at
the Ajilosun area of the state before he was
eventually arrested.
The suspect was apprehended alongside 18
suspected criminals involved in various forms
of crimes.
Tunde Mobayo, Commissioner for Police in
Ekiti, who paraded the suspects in Ado Ekiti,
the state capital, said they were all arrested
following intelligence reports.
Mobayo said the suspect lured the victim into
his apartment and forced the girl to take a
beverage mixed with hard drugs.
He said, “During interrogation, the suspect
confessed to have committed the crime by
forcing the victim to drink a beverage already
mixed with hard drugs through which she lost
her consciousness for three days and he had
carnal knowledge of her.”
that the others arrested for various crimes
including cultism and robbery were found with
dangerous weapons.
He said, “On the 09/08/2020, five suspects
were arrested and confessed to being
members of the Black Axe (Aiye) secret
confraternity at Ikere-Ekiti, during initiation
rites at the scene of the arrest. They include
Ojo Ademola, Fatuki Tosin, Sani Mohammed,
a.k.a. Tom-tom, Fagbehingbe Timilehin,
Ayodeji and Arowosegbe Okiri.
“The command recovered various items like
Beretta pistol, two Dane guns, one wooden
carved gun, one wooden mask, two cutlasses,
charms, battle axe and a carton of Hi-mobile
phone, phone accessories, different tile,
communication recharge cards.
“A gang of masked men numbering four
robbed their victims at gunpoint and blocked
Aisegba/Ilumoba expressway and stole cash,
one HP laptop computer valued at N80,000
and later we arrested one of the gang
members, Solomon Alexander.”
He added that all suspects would be arraigned
in court for prosecution upon completion of
investigation.
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