Four suspects have been arrested by the police over alleged rape and cyber stalking of a 28-year-old woman in Ekiti State.
The State Police Spokesperson, ASP Abutu Sunday, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday April 27, said the victim was invited to a hotel in Ado-Ekiti, by her boyfriend where she met him smoking weeds and drinking alcohol with his four friends.
According to the victim, she was offered a bottle of drink suspected to have been spiked and lost consciousness after taking it.
Upon regaining consciousness, she discovered that one of the suspects was raping her while others including her boyfriend were filming the act and making fun of her.
The victim begged the suspects to delete the video but instead they posted it on TikTok.
She reported the case to the police who swung into action and arrested the four suspects while effort is ongoing to arrest her boyfriend identified simply as Victor.
“The juvenile Welfare Centre (JWC) of the State CID, Ekiti State Police Command, on 21/04/2022 arrested one Miracle Emmanuel ’19yrs’, Bello Tunde ’20yrs’, Peace Osho ’20yrs’ and Emmanuel Oluwaseun ’22yrs’ for conspiracy to Rape and Cyber Stalking against a 28yr old woman,” the statement read.
“The victim narrated that on 5/4/2022, her boyfriend, one Victor who is currently at large, invited her to Lovely Hotel, Ado-Ekiti. She obliged after much persuasion and went to the Hotel to see Victor
“To her dismay, according to her, on getting to one of the Hotel rooms where Victor lodged, she met him with about four(4) of his friends who were all drinking alcohol, smoking weeds and catching fun.
“According to the victim, she was offered one of the bottles of drink which she took and became unconscious. She regained her consciousness at a point only to discover that one of the suspects was having sexual intercourse with her while others were videotaping them and making fun of her
“The victim said she begged them to conceal the video and delete it but to her surprise, the video was later posted on the social media via Tik-Tok
“She immediately reported the case to the Police who swung into action and arrested the four(4) suspects while effort is ongoing to arrest the other fleeing suspect who is at large
“One of the suspects confessed that he actually had sexual intercourse with her in the presence of the other suspects. All the suspects arrested will be charged to Court for prosecution.