The Lagos State Police
Command has arrested two suspects who posed as soldiers and abducted a
15-year-old girl in the Oworonshoki area of the State.
The suspects – Damilola
Balogun and Joseph Agbo – allegedly raped the teenager overnight and left her
by the roadside.
PUNCH reports that the
incident occurred at Akerele Street around 10pm.
It was learnt that the
victim, Funke (pseudonym) was sent on an errand by her parents when the two men
waylaid her with a motorcycle.
The suspects, who put on a
military camouflage, ordered her to climb their motorcycle and rode away to a
hideout around Murtala bus stop in the Bariga area.
Then, 20-year-old Balogun
and Agbo, 26, allegedly raped the teenager till daybreak.
It was learnt that the
matter was reported at the Oworonshoki Police Division, after which police
operatives trailed and arrested the duo.
A police source said, “The
victim came to report the matter at the station. She was on an errand along
Akerele Street in Oworonshoki when the men, who wore army camouflage, accosted
her.
“Before she could cry for
help, they had forcefully whisked her away on a motorcycle to Muritala bus stop
where she was raped till daybreak.
They threatened to kill her
if she shouted. They later released her in the early hours of the second day.”
The Lagos State Police
Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said four Automated Teller Machine
cards and 17 identity cards were recovered from the suspects.
She said, “The police
recovered items which included military camouflage, two berets, two mobile
phones, four ATM cards from different banks, and 17 ID cards bearing different
names. After interrogation, it was discovered that the suspects were
impersonators.
“They are also suspected to
be hoodlums terrorising the area. The suspects will be transferred to the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad for further investigation and prosecution.”
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