Crime
Ogun NSCDC Arrests Eight Teenagers For Gang Rape Of 14-Year-Old Girl In Ijebu
She was sexually abused the first time and was recorded and the alleged suspects threatened to upload the video on social media if she did not allow them to have her again
Abeokuta, Ogun State- The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested eight teenagers for their involvement in a gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in the Ijebu-Mushin area of Ijebu East Local Government.
The suspects, aged between 16 and 19, are accused of abducting a female victim, assaulting her, and recording the crime as part of a blackmail scheme.
According to Dyke Ogbonnaya, the NSCDC’s Public Relations Officer, the suspects, who are reportedly students of St. Anthony Grammar School in Esure, Ijebu-Mushin, took the victim to a secluded room where they assaulted her.
They also filmed the incident and used the footage to intimidate the victim into silence.
The arrested teenagers include Matthew Omotayo, 17, Mojeeb Solomon, 16, Olamilekan Adefuye, 18, Damilola Ismail, 19, Emmanuel George, 17, Aborisade Ayomide, 17, Paul Chukwuchebe, 19, and Lateef Adeoye, 16.
The statement read, “The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command Headquarters, Abeokuta, has arrested one Matthew Omotayo, male, 17 years and seven other suspected teenagers for alleged conspiracy, sexual abuse, unlawful sexual intercourse, exploitation and assault of a 14-year-old minor (name withheld) at the Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State on Friday, November 15, 2024.
Ogbonnaya explained that the alleged suspects, who claimed to be students of St. Anthony Grammar School, Esure, Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state, took the said minor without consent to a secluded room and had violent sexual intercourse with her and putting the same event in a video form.
“According to the narrative of the assaulted minor, she was sexually abused the first time and was recorded and the alleged suspects threatened to upload the video on social media if she did not allow them to have her again which she also consented to until her resolved to report the matter to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Divisional Office at Ijebu-Mushin, Ogun State.”
He said that the victim, however, reported the matter after she was allegedly beaten and verbally assaulted by the suspects
Ogbonnaya noted that the victim’s statement led to the arrest of the teenagers while the victim was made to undergo a medical examination.
“Upon conducting a preliminary investigation, Ogbonnaya noted that the command sought a remand order which was granted by a magistrate court sitting in Ijebu.
“The results of the investigations culminated in the application for a remand order by the state command’s legal officer through the Magistrate Court in Ijebu-Mushin, Ogun State,” he stated.
“Upon the presentation of the matter by the prosecution counsel with several pieces of evidence, the court ordered a 60-day remand of the eight suspects after which the directives of the Department of Public Prosecutions on the matter should have been out,” he stated.
However, the Hon. Magistrate Sotayo granted the prayer of the civil defence legal officer to remand the suspects pending the outcome of the advice from the DPP, and he thereafter adjourned the matter to January 20, 2025.
Meanwhile, the Ogun NSCDC commandant, Remilekun Ekundayo, stressed that the command would not tolerate abuse of minors while noting that perpetrators of such acts would be dealt with.
“Commandant Ekundayo has noted that the Corps will not tolerate any act of abuse on the girl child nor a minor either by teenagers, caregivers, guardians, and/or parents,” he added.
