Three Teenagers Arrested For Raping, Videotaping 17-year-old Girl In Oyo

Three male teenage friends are reportedly cooling off in a police cell for gang-raping and videotaping a 17-year-old girl in Oyo.

The Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force confirmed their arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday night by its Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso.

According to Osifeso, two friends among the suspects had initially violated the young girl and thereafter sent the video record of the damning incident to another friend who also demanded sex from the girl so as not to upload the film on social media.

Naija News learnt from the report that the teenagers are among 30 suspected criminals arrested by the command recently.

The force command’s statement read: “On October 24, 2022, at about 12pm, the victim, (name withheld) ‘f’ 17yrs visited her friend Joshua Adegoke ‘m’ age 18 years at his residence where she met one Peter Akintunde ‘m’, age 18 years.

“At Joshua’s place, she was given a bottle of soft drink after which she was invited to his room for sex an offer which she declined. In a bid to salvage what she sensed was becoming trouble, she innocently asked Peter, Joshua’s friend to prevail on his friend but instead, Peter advised her to offer Joshua what he demanded.

“At this point, both friends took turns to forcefully and unlawfully have carnal knowledge of their victim while simultaneously recording the act. After this, Joshua deliberately transferred the video footage to another friend, one Oluwanjoba Adetona, who also reached out to the victim demanding sex in exchange for not uploading the footage on social media.”

Osifeso noted in the statement that the suspects have since voluntarily confessed to the crime and are helping with the investigation.

The PPRO revealed that the 27 other suspects were arrested for various criminal activities including kidnapping, robbery and others.

A locally made pistol was said to have been recovered while ammunition was also recovered by the police.

“In the same vein, the command’s focus shall be beamed on correctional facilities, banks, media houses, schools, public infrastructures, major landmarks, business districts, places of worship and recreational facilities.

“Parents, guardians and leaders wielding degrees of influence are advised to prevail on their children, wards and protégés against being used as canon-fodders for the process as decisive actions would be taken on anyone caught disrupting the enviable level of relative tranquillity enjoyed in the state,” the police statement revealed.