The Osun State Police Command has arrested a business motorcyclist, Jacob Damilare, for allegedly unlawfully having carnal information of a feminine passenger who had engaged his providers on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo College, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
The sufferer, whose identify was not disclosed, was on her method to Moro and had reportedly engaged Damilare’s providers from the OAU campus at round 7:05 pm on twenty sixth July.
Nonetheless, upon reaching RCC Junction alongside the Ilesa/Ibadan Expressway in Ile-Ife, the motorcyclist allegedly diverted into the bush, robbed the passenger of her belongings, raped her, and shaved her pubic hair.
Responding to questions from PUNCH Metro, Damilare admitted to committing the offence, including that the sufferer, a scholar of OAU, spoke arrogantly to him when he made romantic advances to her throughout the journey.
He stated, “I requested her out, however she spoke rudely to me. It was due to the best way she spoke to me that I diverted into the bush. I gave her two choices: both to permit me to have intercourse together with her or to offer me cash. She agreed that I ought to have intercourse together with her.”
Parading the suspect alongside others arrested for numerous crimes throughout the state on the Command headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday, the Osun Police Command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, stated that after committing the crime, Damilare threatened to kill the sufferer if she reported the incident to the authorities.
“On twenty sixth July 2024, at about 7:05 pm, the complainant engaged the providers of a business motorcyclist (the suspect), later recognized as Damilare Jacob ‘m’, from Obafemi Awolowo College (OAU) Campus, Ile-Ife, to Moro city.
“Upon reaching RCC Junction alongside the Ilesa/Ibadan Expressway, Ile-Ife, the suspect diverted into a close-by bush, the place he robbed her of the next objects: an iPhone XS Max valued at 300 and twenty thousand naira (N320,000.00), a Samsung Galaxy A71 valued at 100 and fifty thousand naira (N150,000.00), an Airtel Wi-Fi system valued at ten thousand naira (N10,000.00), and the money sum of twenty thousand naira (N20,000.00). He then forcefully had carnal information of her.
“The suspect additionally reduce her pubic hair, armpit hair, and head hair, and threatened to kill her if she reported the incident to anybody. The sufferer was taken to the Police Hospital, Osogbo, for evaluation and therapy. The suspect was later arrested and confessed to perpetrating this heinous act. The suspect might be charged to court docket upon the conclusion of the investigation,” Opalola stated.
Additionally paraded had been three males, Mukaila Teslim, 25, Bakare Azeez, 26, and Ajibola Soliu, 24, who stole $40,000, a plasma TV, one motorbike, and three cell phones from the workshop of a complainant.