Crime

Man Rapes Mentally-Unstable Ogun Housewife

Man Rapes Mentally-Unstable Ogun Housewife
  • PublishedSeptember 18, 2024

A man, identified as Tahiru Hamidu, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a mentally unstable married woman (name withheld).

The incident occurred in the Owode community, located in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, on Tuesday confirmed the arrest.

The suspect allegedly exploited the survivorโ€™s condition to engage in non-consensual sexual intercourse on multiple occasions before he was apprehended by the men of the O inwode Egba Division on September 12, 2024.

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The suspect was also accused of threatening to murder the survivorโ€™s brother-in-law, known only as Shofolahan, if he did not permit him to continue raping his brotherโ€™s wife.

The suspect who is from Northern Nigeria, one one occasion, was accused of luring the survivor to a cassava plantation, where he allegedly raped her multiple times before releasing her.

Odutola said, โ€œThe survivor is mentally incapacitated. The brother-in-law who reported the case claims that the suspect threatened to kill him to prevent him from stopping the crimes. The suspect is accused of repeatedly engaging in sexual acts with the survivor.

โ€œThe 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.

โ€œHe 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.โ€

Odutola added that the investigation into the crime was ongoing following the suspectโ€™s arrest.

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