PUNCH Metro learnt that
Oluwatobi had met the 24-year-old victim, identified only as Temitope, on
Facebook. He had allegedly lured her to his house in the Alagomeji, Yaba area
of the state to collect N15,000, during which he raped her.
It was gathered that the
incident happened at the suspect’s friend’s rented apartment on Queens Street,
Alagomeji, on Monday, November 30, and the visit was Oluwatobi and Temitope’s
first meeting.
It was gathered that the
victim, who worked as a printer in the Mushin area, told Oluwatobi, who she
reportedly met on Facebook around June 2015, that she needed N15,000 to settle
a debt.
The suspect was said to have
invited the lady to Alagomeji, to meet each other and also collect the money.
Temitope was said to have
arrived at the apartment around 6pm and left at about 8pm, during which
Oluwatobi allegedly raped her.
The victim was said to have
reported the matter to the Anti-Robbery Squad of the State Department of
Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
It was learnt that Oluwatobi,
who hails from Ila Orangun, Osun State, was arrested on Tuesday, December 1.
According to the police, the
suspect, said to be a graduate of a university in Oyo State, was also a
suspected member of the Buccaneers’ Confraternity.
It was gathered that the
police also arrested the suspect’s friend, Adenuga Adedayo, in whose apartment
the rape allegedly took place.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro,
Oluwatobi, who worked as a caterer, said he had a consensual sexual intercourse
with Temitope, adding that he saw the lady off when she was going back home. He
said he was shocked that she reported the sex as rape to the police.
He said, “We met on Facebook
some months ago. From Facebook, we began to talk on the telephone. That day was
the first time we would meet, and we had a sexual intercourse. She does
printing jobs and she stays in the Mushin area.
“She had asked me for
N15,000, saying she had a debt she needed to settle.
I invited her to my area.
After the intercourse, she went to the police to say I raped her. She was the
one who told the police that I was a cult member.
“The reason for her coming
was that I promised to give her N15,000 to settle someone she owed money. We
had sex and at about 8pm, she left. My friend was not at home that time and I
see no reason to tell him that somebody visited me.
“I joined the Buccaneers
Confraternity when I was in 200-level in the university. I was just a member.
After leaving school, I quit the group.”
The friend, Adedayo, from
Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, denied any knowledge of the rape, saying he housed
Oluwatobi for a week when he (Oluwatobi) said he had a job to do in the area.
He said, “The police accused
me of housing a cultist and his girlfriend, but I did not know about the
incident. I work in the Apapa area as a teacher. I did not know he is a
cultist. He had come to me to assist him with accommodation, as he had a job in
our area. That was in the last week of November.”
The Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, had yet to reply to a text message sent to
his phone on the incident.
SOURCE: PUNCH
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