Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two suspects, Marvelous Imiefoh, 20, and Uwaghele John, 24, for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 24-year-old lady (names withheld).
The suspects were arrested by the police at Ekpoma after the victim had reported her ordeal at the Ekpoma Police Division.
Parading the suspects on Thursday in Benin, the state capital, the command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwanbuzor, said the victim reported to the police that she was attacked and raped by the two men who met her in front of a club in Ekpoma.
He said the suspects solicited her company for the night and they agreed on a fee of N25,000.
He added, “Suddenly, the suspects, instead of taking her to the hotel as agreed, took her to a bush at Okopoji, Ekpoma, where they attacked, raped her and forcefully collected her Infinix phone, power bank, phone charger and transferred N19,600 from her Opay account into Imiefoh’s account.
“The police arrested the two suspects and recovered one Infinix phone and N19,600 belonging to the victim from them. The suspects have confessed to the crime and would soon be charged in court.”
In an interview with journalists, Imiefoh denied kidnapping the victim. saying the girl was a prostitute.
“We didn’t kidnap her. She is a prostitute, we called her and bargained to pay her N25,000. But we took her to the bush by the road, slept with her and collected her property.
“We decided to take her to a nearby bush and sleep with her because we didn’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,” he added.
