The Lagos State Police Command says officials of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two men for allegedly raping a 21-year-old dancer inside a Nissan Almera 2017 model in Alausa Business District, Ikeja.
Two Men Arrested By Lagos Police For Allegedly Raping 21-Yr-Old Club Girl
Spokesman of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday night and posted on the twitter handle of the command.
Hundeyin said the two suspects Solomon Barry, 37, and Bright Omega, 36, were caught in the act around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, September 10, 2022.
According to him, the RRS officers, who were on patrol of Alausa Business District stopped to check a parked black Nissan Almera at M.K.O Abiola Gardens Road, Alausa, when they noticed the alleged rape taking place.
“On a closer look, the officers observed that the lady was unconscious and not responding to police instructions,” the police spokesman said.
“The officers promptly rounded up the suspects and urgently drove the lady to RRS Headquarters for medical attention where she regained consciousness.
“Investigation revealed that the lady met the suspects at a club around Ikeja Shopping Mall, Alausa, and then consented to driving around town and lodging in a hotel.
“Meanwhile, the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi acting on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc has transferred the case to the Police Gender Unit, which is specialized in handling such cases.”
Meanwhile, Kanyi Daily had reported that the Ogun State Police Command arrested two men, Emmanuel Thompson and Joshua Godwin who allegedly conspired together to gang-rape an eighteen years old girl.