The Ogun State Police Command has detained Tahiru Hamidu for allegedly raping a mentally unstable married woman in the Owode community, located in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
Police spokesperson Omolola Odutola confirmed Hamidu’s arrest to Punch on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
Reports indicate that Hamidu allegedly took advantage of the woman’s condition to engage in multiple instances of non-consensual sexual intercourse before his arrest by officers from the Owode Egba Division on September 12, 2024.
The suspect is also accused of threatening to kill the woman’s brother-in-law, known only as Shofolahan, if he did not allow Hamidu to continue the assaults on his brother’s wife.
In one instance, Hamidu allegedly lured the woman to a cassava plantation, where he repeatedly raped her before letting her go.
“The survivor is mentally incapacitated. The brother-in-law who reported the case claims that Hamidu threatened to kill him to prevent him from intervening. Hamidu is accused of engaging in repeated sexual acts with the survivor,” said the PPRO.
“He is also accused of luring the woman to a cassava plantation in the community, where he allegedly raped her multiple times. He threatened the brother-in-law, demanding that he stop preventing him from having sexual intercourse with the survivor and to hand her over to him.”
Odutola stated that the investigation into the case is ongoing following Hamidu’s arrest.
