Herdsmen Rob Family, Rape 16-Year-Old Girl In Ogun – Police

Two herdsmen arrested for robbing a family and raping 16-year-old daughter in Ogun state. 

Ekohotblog, September 14, 2020…

Two herdsmen are currently cooling off at the Nigerian Police Force’s custody, Ewekoro Divisional Headquarters, Ogun State, for allegedly robbing and defiling a teenager, Ekohotblog reports.

The Police confirmed the report in a statement issued on Sunday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, and made available to our reporter.

According to the statement, the suspects, identified as Abu Adamu and Muhammadu Aliyu, were arrested following a distress call received by the Police at about 1 am.

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Oyeyemi said the armed herdsmen had invaded a farm settlement at Afowowa Gbelu village in Ewekoro, attacking one Aminat Okeshola family residing in the farm settlement.

The police spokesman said during the robbery raid, the suspects made away with N140,000 cash.

After that, they were said to have taken a 16-year-old daughter of the family to the cassava plantation and took turns to defile her.

Following the distress call received, the command soon deployed police officers to the farm settlement, where two of the suspects who hid in a nearby bush at the sight of the policemen were arrested.

The third suspect with them reportedly escaped.

Oyeyemi said, “The two arrested suspects were immediately identified by the victims,”

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the herdsmen have always been passing through the farm settlement with their cattle in the day time before they came back to strike on thatfateful day,” he said.

The Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered that the gang’s fleeing member be hunted and the case be transferred to the State CIID for investigation and prosecution.