The Lagos State
Police Command has arrested a suspected robber, Ebere Nwankwo, for allegedly
attacking and raping a male victim in the Lekki area of the state.
It was learnt that
20-year-old Nwankwo, after dispossessing his victim, identified only as
Martins, of the sum of N22,000, allegedly had anal sexual intercourse with the
victim.
This is just as two other robbery suspects – Jelili
Babatunde and Ramon Haruna – were arrested by the police in the Isokoko, Agege
area, while dispossessing pedestrians of their valuables.
It was gathered that in the Lekki incident, which
occurred last Thursday, Nwankwo, who was armed with a gun, sneaked into
Martins’ apartment on Goshen Estate in the Lekki area at about 4pm.
He was said to have ransacked the victim’s room and
found N22,000.
It was learnt that Nwankwo thereafter allegedly
ordered 16-year-old Martins to get on the bed, while he had sexual intercourse
with him.
The suspect was afterward arrested by operatives from
the Maroko Police Division, who were on a patrol in the area.
A source said the victim’s screams during the
intercourse alerted the policemen.
He said, “The robber had threatened to force his
victim to an Automated Teller Machine, where he would get more money from him.
In the meantime, the suspect asked his victim to lie on the bed and he started
having sexual intercourse with him.
“Some policemen, who were patrolling the estate, heard
screams from an apartment and they drew close. When they forced the door open,
the suspect and the victim were found having anal sex.”
It was gathered that Nwankwo told the police in his
statement that he had sex with his victim to get some magical powers.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP
Dolapo Badmos, said the robbery suspect would be charged to court with sodomy
and stealing.
She said, “The suspect has confessed to the crime. He
said the sexual intercourse was to make his victim forget about the stealing.
We will charge him to court with sodomy and stealing.”
In the Agege incident, Haruna said that his friend,
Babatunde, lured him into the operation, adding that they had realised N11,000
and some phones, before they were arrested by the Isokoko division.
He said, “I am a mechanic. My parents are responsible
people. It was bad friendship that made me to go into robbery. My friend had
lured me to go out with him to attack those pedestrians. I rode the motorcycle
that we used for the operation. Jelili (Babatunde) had a toy gun that we used
in dispossessing people of their property.”
The police spokesperson, Badmos said the suspects
would soon be charged to court.
Source:The
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