2 arrested for gang-rapping
The suspects. TWO men, Emmanuel Thompson and Joshua Godwin, have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for gang-rapping an 18-year-old girl (name withheld). According to a statement in Abeokuta, by the command’s spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested following a complaint lodged at Ogijo Divisional headquarters by the victim. According to Oyeyemi, the victim reported that she boarded a commercial motorcycle at about 8 am on Tuesday, from the MRI Company area to Ogijo bus stop, but on their way, the rider who carried another male passenger with her suddenly diverted to another route, while the other male passenger threatened to kill her if she didn’t cooperate with them. Oyeyemi said: “She complained further that they forcefully took her to a room in a house in the area, where two other men were waiting for them. “On getting there, the two men they met in the room and the accompanied male passenger took turns to have sex with her forcefully. “Upon the...