Ekiti police nab four for rape, cyberstalking, others

The Juvenile Welfare Centre, JWC, of the State CID, Ekiti State Police Command, on 21/04/2022 arrested one Miracle Emmanuel ’19yrs’, Bello Tunde ’20yrs’, Peace Osho ’20yrs’ and Emmanuel Oluwaseun ’22yrs’ for conspiracy to wit Rape, Rape and Cyber Stalking against a 28yr old girl.

A statement issued by the Command spokesperson, ASP Abutu Sunday stated that the victim reported to the police that on 5/4/2022, her boyfriend, one Victor who is currently at large, invited her to Lovely Hotel, Ado-Ekiti and she obliged after much persuasion and went to the Hotel to see Victor.

“To her dismay, according to her, on getting to one of the Hotel rooms where Victor lodged, she met him with about four of his friends who were all drinking alcohol, smoking weeds and catching fun” Sunday said.

The victim, stated further that “she was offered one of the bottles of drink which she took and became unconscious. She regained her consciousness at a point only to discover that one of the suspects was having sexual intercourse with her while others were videotaping them and making fun of her.

“The victim said she begged them to conceal the video and delete it but to her surprise, the video was later posted on the social media via Tik-Tok.

“She immediately reported the case to the Police who swung into action and arrested the four(4) suspects while effort is ongoing to arrest the other fleeing suspect who is at large.

“One of the suspects confessed that he actually had sexual intercourse with her in the presence of the other suspects.

“All the suspects arrested will be charged to Court for prosecution”, Sunday stated.