Authorities in Ogun State has taken Tahiru Hamidu into custody for allegedly engaging in non-consensual sexual relations with a mentally unstable married woman residing in Owode community, Obafemi-Owode LGA.
The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrest to our correspondent on Tuesday.
It was made known that the suspect allegedly took advantage of the survivor’s condition to engage in unlawful sexual contact on multiple occasions before he was rounded up by the men of the Owode Egba Division on September 12, 2024.
The suspect, Hamidu, was additionally alleged to have intimidated the survivor’s brother-in-law, Shofolahan, threatening to murder him unless he consented to Hamidu’s continued sexual exploitation of his brother’s wife.
According to Odutola, “The victim is mentally impaired, and the brother-in-law who filed the report alleges that the suspect issued a death threat to deter him from intervening in the ongoing sexual exploitation
“The suspect is also accused of luring the survivor to a cassava plantation in the community, where he allegedly engaged in non-consensual sexual intercourse with her repeatedly.
“He began threatening the brother-in-law, warning him to stop preventing him from having sexual intercourse with the survivor and demanding that he hand her over to him.”
Odutola added that the investigation into the crime was ongoing following the suspect’s arrest.
It was reported a similar incident in March 2024, where a 26-year-old man named Usman Bube was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape his pregnant neighbour’s wife at the Ogatalo Fulani Camp in the Imala area of the state.
The suspect allegedly broke into his neighbour’s apartment, where he found the pregnant woman sleeping, and attempted to commit the crime, knowing that her husband, Muhammed Awwalu, had travelled out of the community, leaving his wife alone in the apartment.
When the suspect’s repeated attempts to forcefully engage in unlawful sexual intercourse with the woman failed, he allegedly pulled out a knife and tried to silence and overpower her.
However, he was apprehended by other neighbours before he could succeed.
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