A 26-year-old man, Taiwo Oluwatobi,
has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly luring his
Facebook lover to his house, and raping her.
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.
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SOURCE: PUNCH
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