A 26-year-old man, Taiwo
Oluwatobi, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly
luring his Facebook lover to his house, and raping her.
PUNCH Metro learnt
that Oluwatobi had met the 24-year-old victim, identified only as Temitope, on
Facebook. He had allegedly lured her to his house in the Alagomeji, Yaba area
of the state to collect N15,000, during which he raped her.
It
was gathered that the incident happened at the suspect’s friend’s rented
apartment on Queens Street, Alagomeji, on Monday, November 30, and the visit
was Oluwatobi and Temitope’s first meeting.
It
was gathered that the victim, who worked as a printer in the Mushin area, told
Oluwatobi, who she reportedly met on Facebook around June 2015, that she needed
N15,000 to settle a debt.
The
suspect was said to have invited the lady to Alagomeji, to meet each other and
also collect the money.
Temitope
was said to have arrived at the apartment around 6pm and left at about 8pm,
during which Oluwatobi allegedly raped her.
The
victim was said to have reported the matter to the Anti-Robbery Squad of the
State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
It
was learnt that Oluwatobi, who hails from Ila Orangun, Osun State, was arrested
on Tuesday, December 1.
According
to the police, the suspect, said to be a graduate of a university in Oyo State,
was also a suspected member of the Buccaneers’ Confraternity.
It
was gathered that the police also arrested the suspect’s friend, Adenuga
Adedayo, in whose apartment the rape allegedly took place.
Speaking
with PUNCH Metro, Oluwatobi, who worked as a caterer, said he had a consensual
sexual intercourse with Temitope, adding that he saw the lady off when she was
going back home. He said he was shocked that she reported the s*x as rape to
the police.
He
said, “We met on Facebook some months ago. From Facebook, we began to talk on
the telephone. That day was the first time we would meet, and we had a sexual
intercourse. She does printing jobs and she stays in the Mushin area.
“She
had asked me for N15,000, saying she had a debt she needed to settle. I invited
her to my area. After the intercourse, she went to the police to say I raped
her. She was the one who told the police that I was a cult member.
“The
reason for her coming was that I promised to give her N15,000 to settle someone
she owed money. We had s*x and at about 8pm, she left. My friend was not at
home that time and I see no reason to tell him that somebody visited me.
“I
joined the Buccaneers Confraternity when I was in 200-level in the university.
I was just a member. After leaving school, I quit the group.”
The
friend, Adedayo, from Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, denied any knowledge of the rape,
saying he housed Oluwatobi for a week when he (Oluwatobi) said he had a job to
do in the area.
He
said, “The police accused me of housing a cultist and his girlfriend, but I did
not know about the incident. I work in the Apapa area as a teacher.
I
did not know he is a cultist. He had come to me to assist him with
accommodation, as he had a job in our area. That was in the last week of
November.”
The
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, had yet to reply to
a text message sent to his phone on the incident.
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