Lucky Obukohwo Reporting
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command has nabbed two suspects,( Marvelous Imiefoh ,20, and Uwaghele Samuel John , 24 ) for allegedly kidnapping and raping one Chika (other name withheld), 24, in Ekpoma, Edo State.
The suspects were arrested by the police at Ekpoma after the victim had reported her ordeal at the police station in Ekpoma division.
Parading the suspects at the state command, the Edo state Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said Chika , 24, reported to the police that she was attacked and raped by two young men who met her in front of a popular hotel along Akure, lanre in Ekpoma.
He said the suspect solicited for her company for the night and agreed on a fee of N25,000.00 for the night.
“Suddenly, the suspects instead of taken her to the hotel as agreed, took her to a bush at Okopoji, Ekpoma where they attacked, raped her and took all her personal effects and transferred N19,600.00 from her Opay account into one of the suspects account Marvelous Imiefoh”.
He (Nwabuzor) said the police arrested the two suspects and recovered one infinix phone and N19,600 belonging to the victim from them, stressing that the suspect has confessed to the crime and would soon be charged to court.
Responding, one of the suspects, Imiefoh denied kidnapping the victim, but was quick to say that the girl was a prostitute.
“We didn’t kidnapped her. She is a prostitute, we called her and bargain prize of N25,000 and to take her to a hotel for a night but we took her to the bush by the road, sleep with her and collected her property.
“We decided to take her to a nearby bush and sleep with her because we don’t have the money to pay for the hotel we agreed to go and spend the night but, we are ashamed of ourselves now that we have been arrested. We were arrested by the vigilante, ” Imiefoh said.