Robbery suspects rape 14-yr-old girl

July 6, 2012
ADO-EKITI — Police in Ekiti State have arrested three members of a five-man armed robbery gang for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in Ado-Ekiti.
The suspects, who had earlier raided a house in Samson Street, Odo-Ado area of Ado-Ekiti, allegedly abducted the girl and later defiled her.
It was gathered that during the raid, the robbers assaulted their victims and dispossessed them of their valuables.
Three of the suspects were later arrested.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Sotonnye Wakama, paraded the suspects before newsmen, saying the police were trailing the gang leader and another member who were still at large.
The commissioner said two cutlasses, a knife and a DVD machine were recovered from the suspects when their apartment was searched.
Wakama said policemen had trailed the suspects to a primary school where the girl was abandoned in a pool of her blood after she was defiled. The police took her to the hospital. “This command considered this offence extremely grievous, therefore, we spread our dragnet for the bandits by trailing them to their hideout through the information provided by members of the public.”
Wakama assured the public that the suspects would be prosecuted, to deter others with criminal tendencies in the state.