The Commissioner of Police, Cross River State, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, has narrated how two men were arrested in the state for raping a lady and blackmailing her later with video recordings of the act.
He said the suspects, Inyang Patrick, 22, and Ibah Edet, 23, had drugged the lady before having carnal knowledge of her without her consent.
Inuwa disclosed that the suspects were arrested after they were reported by their victim.
He said, “ On February 23 , 2018 , the victim alleged that she was invited by one Inyang Akwanyene Patrick, male, 22 , to Harris Guest House along Atimbo Road in Calabar .
“ On arrival at the guest house , she met Inyang Akwanyene Patrick and Ibah Edet and was offered a bottle of drink suspected to have been drugged , which she took and became unconscious .
“ Thereafter the duo forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her and videoed all that transpired, which they later used to intimidate and demand ransom from the victim , threatening that they would make the recording viral to the public if she failed to comply.
“ During interrogation , the suspects confessed to the crime . The phone used for recording her was recovered from the suspects and will be tendered as exhibit in court . Meanwhile , medical examination has been carried out by a qualified medical to know her health status.”
The two men were part of 47 suspects paraded for various offences at the state command headquarters, Calabar on Friday.
The commissioner said that the duo would soon be charged to court.