Friday, November 22, 2024 -The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested eight teenagers for alleged gang r3pe of a 14-year-old girl in the Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state.
The
command's public Relations Officer, Dyke Ogbonnaya, who disclosed this in a
statement on Thursday, November 21, 2024, identified the suspects as, Matthew
Omotayo, age 17 Mojeeb Solomon, 16 years; Olamilekan Adefuye, 18 years;
Damilola Ismail, 19 years; Emmanuel George, 17 years; Aborisade Ayomide, 17
years; Paul Chukwuchebe, 19 years and 16 -years old Lateef Adeoye.
He said
the suspects, who claimed to be students of St. Anthony Grammar School, Esure,
Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East, took the victim to a secluded room and r3ped
her.
Ogbonnaya
added that the suspects also recorded the scene of the act and continually used
it as blackmail to deter the victim from reporting the incident.
“The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command
Headquarters, Abeokuta, has arrested one Matthew Omotayo, male, 17 years and
seven other suspected teenagers for alleged conspiracy, sexual abuse, unlawful
sexual intercourse, exploitation and assault of a 14-year-old minor (name
withheld) at the Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State
on Friday, November 15, 2024,” the statement read.
“The alleged suspects, who claimed to be students of St. Anthony Grammar
School, Esure, Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state,
took the said minor without consent to a secluded room and had violent sexual
intercourse with her and putting the same event in a video form
"According to the narrative of the assaulted minor, she was
sexually abused the first time and was recorded and the alleged suspects
threatened to upload the video on social media if she did not allow them to
have her again which she also consented to until her resolved to report the
matter to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Divisional Office at
Ijebu-Mushin, Ogun State.”
The NSCDC PRO noted that the victim, however, reported the matter after
she was allegedly beaten and verbally assaulted by the suspects
He added that the victim’s statement led to the arrest of the teenagers
while the victim was made to undergo a medical examination.
Upon conducting a preliminary investigation, Ogbonnaya noted that the
command sought a remand order which was granted by a magistrate court sitting
in Ijebu.
“The results of the investigations culminated in the application for a
remand order by the state command’s legal officer through the Magistrate Court
in Ijebu-Mushin, Ogun State,” he stated.
“Upon the presentation of the matter by the prosecution counsel with
several pieces of evidence, the court ordered a 60-day remand of the eight
suspects after which the directives of the Department of Public Prosecutions on
the matter should have been out.
“The Hon. Magistrate Sotayo granted the prayer of the civil defence
legal officer to remand the suspects pending the outcome of the advice from the
DPP, and he thereafter adjourned the matter to January 20, 2025.
Reacting, the Ogun NSCDC commandant, Remilekun Ekundayo, stressed that
the command would not tolerate abuse of minors while noting that perpetrators
of such acts would be dealt with.
“Commandant Ekundayo has noted that the Corps will not tolerate any act
of abuse on the girl child nor a minor either by teenagers, caregivers,
guardians, and/or parents," Ekundayo stated.
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