25 YEAR OLD COBBLER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGE RAPE, ATTEMPT TO KILL VICTIM

The victim explained further that the cobbler who has refused to either buy the handset or refund her money suddenly called her on the 2nd of January to come to Greenland Estate in Mowe and collect the phone.

“On getting there, the suspect forcefully removed all her clothes and raped her. The victim stated further that after forcefully had her carnal knowledge, the suspect soaked her clothes in water and used his phone to record her naked video which he started sending to some of his friends”, Oyeyemi said in a statement.

The police said when the suspect realized that the victim might report him to the police, he made an attempt to sniff life out of her but the victim was lucky when the suspect’s mother called him on phone to come and meet her at the gate of the Estate which gave her the opportunity to escape.

“On the strength of the report, the  DPO Redeem camp CSP Chris Amanyi mobilized his detectives to go after the suspect who has taken to his heels immediately and he was apprehended on 4th of January 2020 when his mother brought him to the station”.

“On interrogation, the suspect who claimed to be the victim boy friend confessed committing the crime but blamed the girl for calling it quit with her after she graduated from the university”, Oyeyemi said.

Penpushing further reports that, the police spokesman said when asked for his reasons behind recording the nude video of the girl, the suspect said he did so as to prevent her from reporting him to the police.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police  Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.