Four suspected members of a cult
group and a security man at a private
polytechnic in Ekiti State have been
arrested for allegedly gang-raping a
student of the institution.
The rape victim (name withheld), who
is an ND 1 student of the polytechnic,
told PUNCH Metro at the Ekiti State
Police Command headquarters in Ado
Ekiti on Wednesday that the suspects
stormed her room, tied her up and
took turn to rape her.
The four suspected rapists are Kunle
Aralepo 20, Oluwaseun Akomolafe, 23,
who are ND II students of Business
Administration and Kehinde Adeyemi
and Ayo Olomola, who are on the
run.
The victims added that one of the
boys had asked her out and she
refused.
She also accused one of the security
men in the polytechnic, Mr. Seyi
Adanbioje, of raping her the same
day at his residence.
The victim said the Chief Security
Officer of the school directed
Adanbioje to take her to police station
to make an official report of the rape
case.
She said after leaving the station, the
security man took her to his residence
and also forcefully had sex with her.
The security man, however, denied
raping the female student. He
explained that he granted the girl an
“asylum” because she said she could
not sleep alone in her house.
He said, “She could not sleep alone
because she was afraid that those
who had earlier raped her might
come back again.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr.
Victor Babayemi, who paraded the
suspects, said police investigation had
shown that rape cases had been
rampant at the institution.
He said the police were still probing
such cases of rape and why they were
not reported to the police.
Babayemi said the police would
thoroughly investgate the fresh rape
incident and allow justice to take its
course.
The PPRO said, “A group of four
young men namely, Aralepo Kunle,
Akomolafe Oluwaseun (both ND II
Business Administration students),
Kehinde Adeyemi and Ayo Olomola,
aka AY Bishop, who was expelled
from the school in March for rape
went to the house of a female student
of the polytechnic, broke her door to
gain entry, tied her hands and legs
and gang-raped her.
“They also robbed her of her phone
and the sum of N5,000.00. A security
guard at the polytechnic, Seyi
Adanbioje, 28, was also found to be
part of the gangsters. He was told to
take the girl to the police station and
make a report but he took a detour to
his house, where he also raped the
victim.”
He said medical report confirmed that
the victim was raped.
In a similar case, the police said the
proprietor of a private primary school,
Mr. Ibitoye Babatunde, who was
arrested for allegedly raping an 11-
year-old pupil of his school, had a
case to answer.
Ajibade, who denied the accusation,
said a man who saw him while
entering into a bush to defecate
demanded money from him and he
threatened to deal with him if he
refused.
He said he refused and the hoodlum
raised the alarm which attracted a
crowd.
But the PPRO said the medical report
confirmed that the girl’s hymen had
been broken.
The police also paraded two
commercial motocyclists (okada
riders), who were accused of raping a
young lady.
The PPRO said the suspect – Babatope
and Oluwasusi Tope- gave the girl a
free ride and took her to another
place where she was raped.
In a related development, the police
also said that a 17-year-old boy had
been arrested for defiling a three-
year-old girl.
