No fewer than three security guards have been arrested by men of the Oyo State Police Command for raping a lady after dispossessing her of her belongings at Alakia area of Ibadan, the state capital.
According to The PUNCH, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this on Monday, while parading the three night guards alongside six other suspects at the command’s headquarters in Eleyele area of the state.
Osifeso explained that the lady (name withheld), having gone to visit her friend at Alakia, was accosted at a desolate spot by the three night security guards around 9:00pm.
He said that: “In a rather twisted turn of events, the young lady, having been dispossessed of her mobile phone, was whisked to another desolate spot, where she was held till about 01.25 am the next day.
“In furtherance of the above, the three guards took turns to have unlawful carnal knowledge of the young lady and as well forced her to transfer money into a bank account before she was abandoned to her fate at the scene.
“Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed to the crime. One dane gun, which they used for the criminal activity, and the Infinix mobile phone belonging to the victim, were recovered from the suspects,” the police spokesman added.