Two
weeks to her wedding, a
25-year old woman(name withheld) was gang-raped by three friends who live with
her in the same area in Ikotun, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.
Because
of the alleged rape, her fiancé subsequently cancelled the wedding plan, saying he cannot marry her
again.
The
incident happened at a popular guest house in their area where the suspects
tricked her and raped her in turns.
The
police in Ikotun division have arrested two of the suspects identified as
Benson and Ismali while Efe Oguntuwase who allegedly master minded it and
involving two of his friends escaped.
They
are now facing charges for the alleged conspiracy and rape at Ejigbo
Magistrate’s court, Lagos.
The
police brought Benson and Ismali to be arraigned before the presiding
Magistrate, Mrs M B Folami who ordered the police to take them back to the
station and bring them back the next day.
The
victim narrated to P.M.NEWS what transpired before she fell victim.
She
lamented that she has lost her fiancé who has now cancelled the wedding and told her that he was no loner
interested in the relationship.
She
said she lives in the same area with Efe, who is popular in that area of Ikotun
where he approached her for relationship.
She
said she explained to him that it was not possible because she was already
engaged and they were preparing for wedding.
She
said Efe left after several attempts to woo her failed and she did not suspect
he was planning any bad thing against her.
She
said she was going home last week when Efe, who was sitting in front of the
guest house near her house called her and she went to answer him, unknown to
her he had planned to rape her.
She
said she thought he had a serious message for her but was surprised when he
forcefully dragged her into one of the chalets.
She
said while she was resisting him, Benson and Ismali surfaced and threatened to
kill her if she resisted and raised any alarm.
She
became helpless and because of the threat she obeyed them and they took turns
to rape her.
The
matter was reported to the police and the two suspects were arrested while Efe
escaped.
The suspects told P.M.NEWS that they were misled by
their friend