The
Vice-chairman of Gbagi branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers
(NURTW) Oyo State branch, Alhaji Saheed
Tijani aka ‘Omo Olomo’, has been arrested by the Oyo State police command for
raping a 28-year-old woman.
The
suspect and his cohorts allegedly abducted the victim, Abosede, around 9 pm on
Monday, April 4, 2016, while returning home from work.
The
state Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade disclosed this while parading the
suspect and others at the command headquaters, Eleyele, Ibadan on Friday.
According
to the police boss, the victim was subdued by the ferocious men who threatened
her with a knife, despite her cries for help.
“Having
successfully threatened her to submission, she was abducted in the most brazen,
commando-like manner and forcibly taken to an hotel where she was drugged and
subsequently mercilessly raped till the next day. Soon, the suspect and his
accomplice went underground to evade arrest.
“Consequent
upon the report made to police, the
Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the command commenced a manhunt for the suspects.
After several days of diligent investigation, the rapist was arrested in his
hideout somewhere in Ibadan. The suspect has since confessed to the crime,” the
police boss said.
Oyebade
said investigation revealed that Omo Olomo, until his arrest, was a pain in the
neck of innocent citizens, especially women who he has raped in the past.
“The
suspect’s illicit sexual escapade was known to many in the Iwo road area, but
the victims could not report due to stigmatization and fear of attack by the
suspect who was dreaded. This has also earned him suspension from the union on
many occasions.”
While
speakingon the accusation, Omo Olomo denied raping Abosede. He maintained that
the sex was consensual and based on mutual agreement between him and Abosede.
“We
are friends and we are having an affair. I did not rape her, she agreed to do
it and I give her money whenever we have sex. I am surprised with this
allegation she levelled against me,” Omo Olomo said.
However,
Abosede insisted that she never met Omo Olomo before the alleged rape took
place, maintaining that she was never the suspect’s friend.
“He
raped me and warned me not to report him to anybody. He said he would kill me
if I did.
But
I summoned courage and reported him to the police. I have two kids now and my
husband has chased me out of the house because of the incident.”
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