Joy Anyim
A 25-year-old Cobbler, Olamide Babayemi, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping and attempting to kill a 22-year-old Microbiology Graduate (name withheld).
The incident which happened at Greenland Estate, in Mowe , on January 4, 2020, was reported at the Redemption Camp Police Division.
It was gathered that the survivor had reportedly given the cobbler the sum of N18,000, to buy her a handset. She explained further that the cobbler who had refused to either buy the handset or refund her money suddenly called her on January 2, 2020, to come to Greenland Estate in Mowe, to collect the phone.
According to the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), when the girl got there, the suspect forcefully removed all her clothes and raped her, he also recorded nude videos of the survivor.
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He said: “ The victim stated further that after forcefully having carnal knowledge of her, the suspect soaked her clothes in water and used his phone to record her naked video which he started sending to some of his friends.
“When he realized that the victim might report him to the police, he made an attempt to sniff life out of her, but she was lucky when the suspect’s mother called him on phone to come and meet her at the gate of the Estate which gave her the opportunity to escape.
“On the strength of the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Redeemed Camp, Chris Amanyi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), mobilized his detectives to go after the suspect who had taken to his heels immediately. He was apprehended on January 4, 2020, when his mother brought him to the station.
“On interrogation, the suspect who claimed to be the survivor’s boyfriend confessed committing the crime but blamed the girl for calling it quit with him, after she graduated from the university.
“When asked for his reasons behind recording the nude video of the girl, he said he did so, as to prevent her from reporting him to the police.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.