2 arrested for allegedly raping woman in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command says its operatives have arrested two men, 37-year-old Solomon Barry and 36-year-old Bright Omega, for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman in the Ikeja area of the state.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure via a statement issued on Thursday.

Hundeyin said the suspects were arrested by the officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in the early hours of Saturday inside a Nissan Almera 2017 model in Alausa Business District, Ikeja.

“The suspects were caught in the act raping the woman around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, September 10, 2022.

“The RRS officers, who were on patrol stopped to check a parked black Nissan Almera at M.K.O Abiola Gardens Road, Alausa, when they noticed the alleged rape ongoing.

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“On a closer look, the officers observed that the lady was unconscious and not responding to police instructions.

“The officers promptly rounded up the suspects and urgently drove the lady to RRS Headquarters for medical attention where she regained consciousness,” the police spokesman disclosed.

Hundeyin stated that investigation revealed that the lady, who is a dancer, met the suspects at a club around Ikeja Shopping Mall, Alausa, and then consented to driving around town and lodging in a hotel.

He said the RRS Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, acting on the instruction of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, has transferred the case to the Police Gender Unit, which is specialised in handling such cases.

The Star