Pascal Arogorn Ibe
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspects for allegedly gang-raping a 19- year -old girl and filming her nude .
The suspects — Damilare Oyeniyi, 30, and Emmanuel Okori, 20 — reportedly committed the crime on December 12, 2020 in the Sango area of the state.
They were arrested four days later by policemen attached to the Sango Divisional Police Office .
The state Police Public Relations Officer , Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.
Oyeyemi explained that the suspects were arrested following a report lodged at the Sango Police Station by the victim.
He said the teenager reported that Oyeniyi and Okori , who were her neighbours, dragged her into the room of one of them , stripped her naked , filmed her nude and took turns to rape her several times .
The police spokesman said , “ Upon the report , the DPO Sango division, CSP Godwin Idehai , detailed his detectives to go after the suspects and bring them to book .
“ The investigative effort of the detectives paid off on December 16, 2020, when the duo were eventually arrested.
“ On interrogation , the two suspects confessed to the crime .
“ They confessed that they videoed her nude , which they used to threaten her not to report or else the video would be posted on social media.
“ The state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun , has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti -Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution . ”
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