No fewer than 7days after the Inspector General Of Police , IGP Adamu Mohammad ,vowed to apprehend fleeing suspects that gang raped and murdered 12year Old Favour Ikechukwu at Ejigbo area of Lagos, another minor,a 13years old JSS 3 student , Adepeju Adebayo, was allegedly subjected to a brutal and bloody rape that left her partially paralyzed in the hospital.
The said gang rape which has elicited wide criticism and condemnation from residents, was said to have been perpetuated on Tuesday, October, 6th, 2020, at The Cool Tervan Hotel, Oremeji street, off Isuti road, Egan, Igando.
Saharaweekly gathered that Some angry residents had trooped to Igando Police Station to register their displeasure over what they tagged ' a despicable wicked Act to a minor ' .
They were said to have praised the resilience of the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Taiwo Kasumu and his operatives, whose prompt response, they said, led to early apprehending of the kingpin of the gang identified as Toheeb Mustapha , known as " Sir Small " in the crime world
While expressing worries on how the victim, said to be residing in the same street where the hotel is located, was lured by the gang into the hotel unnoticed by the management,the residents appealed to the Police Authorities, to further investigate the circumstances surrounding the crime and alleged untoward activities going on in the hotel.
Our undercover reporter who visited the hotel , learnt that one of the fleeing gang member named Sukomi, alias "Ikamula or G33 ,a motor Mechanic by profession and ex student of Edu Grammar school, now residing at Ita Alhaji street, ikotun , had earlier booked a room in the hotel on Monday, October 5th, 2020, to prepare the ground for their dastardly actions.
It was further learnt that on Tuesday afternoon, while the victim's Mother had gone out in search of her family's daily bread, "Sir Small " said to be the gang leader and master mind of the rape, had creeped into the victim's house and lured her into the hotel, where they were said to have taken turns in raping her until she started bleeding profusely , coupled with the excruciating and agonizing pain she revealed she felt on the lower region of her abdomen .
Sensing danger, the gang was said to have waited until night, as they quickly packaged and dumped their bleeding victim in front of her house. According to a resident, who spoke to our correspondent on the grounds of anonymity, for fear of reprisal attack, he said, "When we assisted the Police to arrest the fleeing " Sir Small" , the gang leader , he confirmed that he is a Generator mechanic and a resident of Alfa Iganna street, Odo, Egan.
He claimed to have graduated from Russell Grammar school in 2018, where he said he met the girl they raped. though he said that they were not friends back then." Our Source also stated that the 20 years old suspect, "Sir small " who confessed to the crime,denied any ritual connotation or deployment of charms or "juju" in perpetrating the crime.
He claimed he reestablished contact with the victim, two years after he left school,through her phone contact that he collected from the victims school mate.
According to our source, the master mind of the rape said he regretted his actions while the victim was protesting , however he denied that the girl was a virgin before the rape .
At the Isuti Road Health Center, where the victim was initially rushed to, due to what a nurse described as excessive bleeding, Adepo was seen soaked in her own blood, while reeling in pains.
She was said to have told her how distraught mother, that she met " Sir Small " on Facebook before the incident. A hospital source confirmed that despite the bleeding and pain the victim was undergoing, she was stitched three places on her virgina before she was transferred to Mirabel medical facility on Friday for further investigations and treatment.
Enquiries made by our Correspondent through text message to the state Police Command spokesman, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi,was not responded to, at the time of going to press.
It would be recalled that the Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP Hakeem Odumosu, had recently paid a visit on behalf of the IGP to late Favour’s family in Lagos , where he vowed to arrest the culprits, promising that the police would leave no stone unturned to fish out the culprits.
Favour was gang-raped to death by some unscrupulous elements on September 30, 2020, at Olanrewaju Street, Ejigbo area of Lagos State.
Odumosu, who delivered the condolence message to the parents of the deceased, on behalf of the IGP,assured the family that the Nigeria Police would do the needful to apprehend everyone involved in the barbaric act and get justice for Favour.
Odumosu, while promising the family of police constant support, directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, DCP Yetunde Longe, who accompanied him, to deploy additional detectives from her office to go after the fleeing culprits and subject them to prosecution as soon as possible.
