Police rescue abducted girl in Oyo, girl raped to the state of coma

The Oyo State Police Command has rescued an abducted 19-year-old girl.

She was found along the Iwo/Olodo road in Ibadan, the state capital. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Alakia/Adelubi Police Station, Musiliu Sogbade, said at about 8:15pm on May 15, the victim’s elder brother, Kunle Olaide, came to the station to report that his sister was missing. He said she had not returned from school.

Sogbade said: “While Olaide was still filing his complaint, the kidnappers phoned him with the victim’s mobile phone, demanding that he sends them N6,000 worth of MTN recharge cards or risk having his sister used for rituals.

“We asked him to play along and he sent them cards worth N3,000. They called back acknowledging it and asked him to pick his sister up on the Iwo/Olodo road.

“That was when my Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) swung into action and rescued the girl around a farm at Olodo. Two boys, aged 19 and 20, were arrested. The third suspect is at large.

“The girl was found unconscious. After medical examination, it was discovered that she was raped to a state of coma. The suspects have been arraigned for conspiracy, kidnapping, rape and stealing a Blackberry Curve 2 phone. They are being remanded at Agodi Prison.”

Narrating her ordeal, the victim said she was coming back from school when she met one of the suspects, simply identified as Adebanjo, who was an ex-student of her school.
The victim said Adebanjo, who happens to be her toaster, was with two of his friends.

She said: “Adebanjo lied to me that his mother wanted to see me in their house, but I objected to it. Before I could say anything else, one of his friends used a charm ring on me and I did not know how I got to their house. I was gang raped by the three of them. After that, they called my family demanding for money.”

The victim said since the incident, she has been bleeding from her private part.
Her father, Mr. Lekan Akande, thanked the police for rescuing his daughter and urged the judiciary to punish the culprits.

The Nation