Crime
Bikeman, accomplices arrested for gang-raping a teen passenger
A commercial motorcyclist has been arrested for conniving with other men to gang-rape an 18-year-old female passenger in Ogun State.
It is reported that the incident happened on Tuesday at Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun.
According to Ogun State Police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, two of those who had forceful intercourse with the teenager, Emmanuel Thompson and Joshua Godwin, had been arrested.
Oyeyemi, confirmed that the victim reported the incident at the Ogijo police division, leading to the arrest of the suspects. The victim (name withheld) had told the police that she boarded a commercial motorcycle at about 8:00 am from MRI company area to Ogijo bus stop on Tuesday; “but on the way, the rider who carried another male passenger with her suddenly diverted to another route, while the other male passenger started threatening to kill her if she did not cooperate with them.”
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