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Crime & Punishment of Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Source: guardian.ng

Two nabbed for gang-raping co-tenant’s daughter in Ogun

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The police in Ogun State have arrested two tenants, Anthony John, aged 35, and Jimoh Idowu, 21, for gang-raping their neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter (name withheld) in the Owode Egba area of the state following a complaint lodged at Owode-Egba Police Divisional Headquarters by the victim.

The duo were arrested last Thursday when they broke into their neighbour’s room around 2:00 a.m. and dragged the teenager to Anthony’s room where they took turns to rape her.

The victim reported that she was at home with her younger siblings at Efunye village in Owode-Egba when the suspects broke into their apartment, adding that the duo knew her parents had travelled and they capitalised on that to forcefully break into their room, using a cloth to cover her mouth.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Owode-Egba Division, CSP Ediae Mathew, dispatched detectives to the scene, where the two suspects were apprehended. On interrogation, they confessed to the committing of the crime without any sense of remorse, spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said yesterday.

The victim has been taken to Owode-Egba General Hospital for medical treatment.