The Ondo State Police Command
have arrested four undergraduate students for alleged gang rape of a female
student of the Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) in the state.
The suspects were
identified as Olakunle Adetuyi, Timilehin Akinola, Tobi Olagbaju and Adebisi
Adeyemi, all aged between 24 and 26. A fifth culprit, Eric Nwage, is
still at large.
The victim, a 22-year-old History
and English student is also an estranged girlfriend to Timilehin Akinola of the
social studies department in the same college.
Parading the suspects before
newsmen in Wednesday, at the command headquarters in Akure, Hilda
Ibifuro-Harrison, the Ondo State Commissioner of Police said the victim was
lured to the home of Olagbaju, who is a part-time student of Rufus Giwa
Polytechnic Owo.
After the student arrived at
Olagbaju’s residence located at No. 17, Funbi Fagun Housing Estate in Ondo
town, they took turns raping her.
A very close friend to the victim
reported the case to the school private security outfit, who later arrested the
culprits and after a discreet investigation handed them over to the police for
prosecution.
“One of the suspects, Olakunle,
took a video of their heinous crime as they took turns on their victim one
after the other, and later abandoned her and threatened that they would use
charms on her if she ever revealed the incident to anyone." said Mrs.
Ibifuro-Harrison.
"The phone and charms used
in perpetrating the crime were recovered and the case was transferred to the
Department of Criminal Investigation," the police commissioner said.
She added that the victim, whose
name was withheld, is currently recuperating at the hospital in Ile Ife, Osun
State.
In his confession, Mr. Akinola
admitted that he and his friends raped the victim.
“I have been a close friend to her
(the victim) and always advised her to shun her wayward attitude, but she
wouldn't listen. One day, she called me after the class lecture and said
that we should hang out. I later invited her to my friend’s place where we
forcefully took turns over her,” he said.
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