How Undergraduates were Raped, Robbed Job Seeker And Took HerUnclad Photos

The police in Lagos have arrested two undergraduates for
allegedly raping a job-seeker, identified only as Nike, and
robbing her of valuables in the Igando area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects, identified as
Valentine and Kusimo, allegedly took turns To Molest
their victim after luring her into a hotel.
Valentine, an indigene of Imo State, was said to be seeing
off the 27-year-old with the hope that she would not raise
the alarm when Nike suddenly called for help.
The suspects were subsequently arrested and taken to
the Igando Police Division.
The incident happened on Thursday, January 14, 2016, on
Idowu Ibiyemi Street, in the Igando area of Lagos State.
A police source told our correspondent that Valentine and
Nike had met on a dating site.
He said, “Valentine is a 400-level Civil Engineering student
of a university in Imo State. He chatted up the lady on the
dating site and from there, their conversation shifted to
Whatsapp, a mobile messaging application.
“The suspect told his friend, Kusimo, about the girl and
they decided to trick her. Kusimo, a student of a
polytechnic in Ogun State, would sometimes take
Valentine’s phone and be chatting with Nike, without the
girl knowing that it was Kusimo.
“Having done that for some days, they decided to invite
her to Lagos.”
It was gathered that Nike, an indigene of Osun State,
travelled down from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where
she was based, to the Igando area.
Our correspondent learnt that the victim and Valentine
scheduled to meet at his house.
PUNCH Metro gathered that instead of taking her to his
apartment, the suspect took her to a popular hotel in the
area.
The source said, “The girl did not know she was taken to
a hotel because he took her through the back into the
room.
“The second suspect, had, however, hid inside the toilet.
As the lady entered the room, Valentine shut the door and
Kusimo jumped out from his hideout with a bottle. He
smashed the bottle on the ground and he told the girl to
cooperate or they would kill her.
“While Valentine had two rounds, the second suspect had
three rounds of sex with her. After they had raped her,
they robbed her of her BlackBerry and N15, 000.
“In order to prevent her from exposing them, they took
snapshots of her unclothedness and threatened that if
she told anyone about her ordeal, they would put the
pictures on the Internet.”
PUNCH Metro gathered that after committing the act,
Valentine decided to see Nike off.
The victim was, however, said to have raised the alarm,
drawing the attention of passersby.
She was said to have narrated what happened to people,
which led to the arrest of both suspects.
They were detained at the Igando Police Division, before
the matter was transferred to the State Department of
Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
Another police source, however, said the suspects
claimed that Nike agreed to mutual sex with them and
only raised the alarm because she was not well paid.
She said, “How can you leave your place in Ibadan for
Lagos and claim not to know what you are doing? It is
not true that they raped her. She only wanted to make
money off the men, and that was why she raised the
alarm outside.
“The suspect said she demanded N200,000 for
settlement and she is saying she does not want her
fiancé and family members to be aware. She is not
innocent.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, while
confirming the incident, said the police had charged both
suspects to court.
“Case charged to court,” she said in a text message.