The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man named Tahiru Hamidu for allegedly r@ping a mentally unstable married woman in the Owode community, located in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrest to Punch on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
It was gathered that the suspect allegedly exploited the survivor’s condition to engage in non-consensual s@xual intercourse on multiple occasions before he was apprehended by the men of the Owode Egba Division on September 12, 2024.
The suspect was also accused of threatening to murder the survivor’s brother-in-law, known only as Shofolahan, if he did not permit him to continue r@ping his brother’s wife.
On one occasion, Hamidu, from Northern Nigeria, was accused of luring the survivor to a cassava plantation, where he allegedly r@ped her multiple times before releasing her.
“The survivor is mentally incapacitated. The brother-in-law who reported the case claims that the suspect threatened to kill him to prevent him from stopping the crimes. The suspect is accused of repeatedly engaging in s@xual acts with the survivor,” the PPRO said.
“The suspect is also accused of luring the survivor to a cassava plantation in the community, where he allegedly engaged in non-consensual s@xual intercourse with her repeatedly
“He began threatening the brother-in-law, warning him to stop preventing him from having s@xual intercourse with the survivor and demanding that he hand her over to him.”
Odutola added that the investigation into the crime was ongoing following the suspect’s arrest.