Men of Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, arrested two men, Emmanuel Thompson and Joshua Godwin, who allegedly conspired to gang rape an 18-year-old girl (name withheld).

The suspects were arrested following a complaint lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the victim, who reported that she boarded a commercial motorcycle at about 8am from MRI company area to Ogijo bus stop, “but on the way going, 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 didn't cooperate with them,” according to a police statement.

According to the statement, “She complained further that they forcefully took her to a room in one house in the area, where two others men were waiting for them. On getting there, the two men they met in the room and the accompanied male passenger took turns to have sex with her forcefully.

“Upon the report, the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Onatufe Umoh, detailed his detectives to the scene where two amongst the suspects were apprehended while their other accomplices escaped.

“The two arrested suspects have confessed to the commission of the crime.”

The statement disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution. The CP also directed that the escaped members of the gang must be hunted for and brought to book.