Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two men, who gan- raped a 22-year- old girl (name withheld) at Eleweran area of Abeokuta.

The suspects, Seun Orokunle, 38 and Sarumi Sodiq 28, were arrested following a complaint lodged at the Public Complaint Bureau, Eleweran, Abeokuta by the victim.

The victim had explained that she went to the house of Seun Orokunle, who happened to be her boyfriend. On getting there, she went to the bathroom to take her bath and unknown to her, Orokunle had invited his friend Sarumi Sodiq, who came straight to meet her in the bathroom, dragged her out and the two of them took turns to have sex with her after beating her thoroughly.
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After satisfying themselves, Seun Orokunle took her clothes and dipped them in a bucket of water to prevent her from leaving the house immediately.

She explained further that the duo,who claimed to be cultists, threatened to kill her if she dared to report them to anyone. Upon the report, the officer in-charge, Public Complaint Bureau, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Badmus Opeyemi, detailed his men to go after the two suspects and brought them to book.

They were eventually traced to the Aregbe area of Abeokuta, where the two of them were apprehended. They have both confessed to the commission of the crime.

MEANWHILE, the commissioner of police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
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