Operatives of Ogun State police Command have arrested a 22-year-old tricycle operator for robbing and raping her female passenger (name withheld).
     
The suspect was arrested on June 20, following a distress call received by the policemen at Ifo divisional headquarters at about 4:00 a.m. of the said date that a middle-aged lady, who boarded a tricycle from Iyana Coker in Ifo raised the alarm that the tricycle operator was taking her to unknown place for a reason not known to her.
   
Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer of Ifo division, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Kehinde Kuranga, quickly led his patrol team to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
    
On interrogation, the victim explained to the police that she boarded the tricycle from Pakoto bus stop going to Iyana Coker, but the suspect suddenly brought out a locally made pistol with which he threatened to shoot her if she didn’t cooperate.
   
She stated further that the suspect took her to Olose primary school Ifo where he sexually abused her at gunpoint.
      
After the act, the suspect also dispossessed her of her money before putting her back to the tricycle and started heading to another direction.
  
But on getting to Oritameje area, she sighted some people and raised the alarm, which led to the arrest of the suspect.
 
The suspect confessed to the commission of the crime, while the tricycle and one locally made pistol were recovered from him.

MEANWHILE, the Commissioner of Police,  Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for discreet investigation.