Robbers invade hostels in Ogun, molest female students

Armed robbers are said to have invaded the Abobi area of Ago Iwoye where some hostels housing students of Olabisi Onabanjo University were situated, stealing their properties and some female students were said to have been molested by the rampaging robbers.

According to a report by OgunWatch, a student of Olabisi Onabanjo University who pleaded anonymity said that she witnessed one of the incidents when she woke up to the noise of people in distress: “I woke up around 3:am to screams of people I think were in distress, and then I thought it came from my compound but eventually discovered it was a robbery going on in the next compound”

“I could hear words like ‘shut up, ‘where is your phone, ‘bring out your phone, ‘go down, and then at some point total silence. Later I could hear the sound of slaps as though the victims were being beaten and strangled. I think they were being raped”

“It was in the dark of night and everything was clear for me to hear, it happened adjacent to my window. Till now, I’m still scared, I can’t sleep.”

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Another eyewitness said the landlord of the girls claimed to have heard the noise but was praying at the moment.

Another affected hall, Shalom estate, was said to be robbed, the second time in the month: Korede, a resident of the hall, whose door was first targeted said: “Around 1:30 am, charging in my room, I heard my door jacking and a noise: ‘Open the door’, I shouted at them. My neighbor who had opened her door to see what was happening fell victim to their attack.”

A victim, Oyeronke, a resident of Shallom estate, said she was sleeping when they came: “I was sleeping around 1:30 am and I heard my neighbor’s voice in distress; I have never heard him scream like that; I opened my door and went out without minding the consequences. As if they were waiting for someone to open a door, they rushed us and attempted to cut us with a machete. The guys are very tall and huge, they came with matches, very new machetes. They took my iPhone 6s plus and left the compound”

Efforts to get the local police to comment on the issue proved abortive at the time of filling the report however sources within the station told us the attacked girls were sexually harassed after being robbed of their items.

When contacted about the incident, the Ogun state Police command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said: When did that happen? I am yet to know that, let me call the DPO there. I will call you back.”