Following the alleged rape of a
300-level student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba- Akoko, AAUA, in Akoko
South West Local Government Area of Ondo State by some soldiers from the 32
Artillery Brigade, Akure last week Wednesday, the authorities of the Nigerian
Army has handed over the culprit to the police for prosecution.
Confirming the development ,the
Ondo State Command Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Femi Joseph, said the
suspect is now in police custody, stressing that he will soon be charged to
court.
“I can confirm to you that the
soldier has been handed over to us, he will soon charge him to court,” Joseph
stated.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that
before the culprit was handed over to the police, he had been tried by the Army
authorities at the brigade.
He was also said to have been
dismissed from the service by the Army after finding him culpable in the crime.
A source at the barracks stated,
“he has been sacked from service and he has been transferred to the police for
prosecution . The army does not tolerate indiscipline.”
We had reported a
300-level student of the Department of Religious and African Studies of the
university, was allegedly gang-raped at a military checkpoint situated few
kilometers from the university.
It was gathered that one of the
soldiers identified as Lance Corporal Sunday had ordered the girl to alight
from the mini-bus she boarded from the campus, and forced her into one of the
rooms of the building used by the soldiers at the checkpoint where the crime
was committed.
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