A cobbler has been arrested by the police for raping a 22-year-old university graduate and sharing her nude video with his friends.
The cobbler identified as Olayemi Babayemi invited the victim to his home in Mowe, where he asked her to collect the new phone he bought for her. He claims the victim is his girlfriend.
On getting there, he soaked her clothes in a bucket of water, raped her and shared her nude video with his friends.
The Police arrested Babayemi after the victim lodged a complaint at the station in Redemption camp in Mowe.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer made this disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen.
“The victim came to the Redemption Camp Police Station and reported that she gave the sum of N18,000 to the cobbler, whom she had known for quite some time, to buy a mobile telephone for her.
“She explained further that the cobbler, who refused to either buy the phone or refund her money, suddenly called her on January 2 to come to the Greenland Estate in Mowe to collect the phone.
“On getting there, the suspect forcefully removed all her clothes and raped her.
“The victim stated further that after he had forcefully had carnal knowledge of her, the suspect soaked her clothes in water and used his phone to record her nudeness, which he started sending to some of his friends.
“When he realised that the victim might report him to the police, he made an attempt to snuff life out of her, but she was lucky when the suspect’s mother called him on the phone to come and meet her at the gate of the estate, which gave her the opportunity to escape.
“On the strength of the report, the DPO, Redemption Camp Police Station, CSP Chris Amanyi, mobilised detectives to go after the suspect, who had taken to his heels, and he was eventually apprehended on January 4, 2020, when his mother brought him to the station.
“On interrogation, the suspect, who claimed to be the victim’s boyfriend, confessed that he committed the crime, but blamed the girl for calling it quits with him after she graduated from the university.
“When asked for the reasons behind recording the nude video of the victim, he said he did so to prevent her from reporting him to the police.”