The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended a man, Tahiru Hamidu, for allegedly engaging in unlawful sexual relations with a mentally unstable married woman in Owode, a community in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
According to The PUNCH, the spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Hamidu reportedly took advantage of the victim’s mental condition to engage in non-consensual sexual activity with her on several occasions before his arrest by officers from the Owode Egba Division on September 12, 2024.
It was also revealed that Hamidu threatened to kill the survivor’s brother-in-law, known only as Shofolahan, if he did not permit him to continue raping his brother’s wife.
In one instance, Hamidu, a suspect from Northern Nigeria, was accused of luring the survivor to a cassava plantation, where he allegedly raped her multiple times before releasing her.
Odutola said, “The survivor is mentally incapacitated. The brother-in-law who reported the case claims that the suspect threatened to kill him to prevent him from stopping the crimes. The suspect is accused of repeatedly engaging in sexual acts with the survivor.
“The suspect is also accused of luring the survivor to a cassava plantation in the community, where he allegedly engaged in non-consensual sexual intercourse with her repeatedly.
“He began threatening the brother-in-law, warning him to stop preventing him from having sexual intercourse with the survivor and demanding that he hand her over to him.”
Odutola further stated that the investigation into the crime is ongoing following the suspect’s arrest.
In a similar case reported in March 2024, a 26-year-old man named Usman Bube was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape his pregnant neighbor at the Ogatalo Fulani Camp in the Imala area of Ogun State.
Bube was accused of breaking into his neighbor’s apartment, where he found the pregnant woman asleep, aware that her husband, Muhammed Awwalu, had traveled out of the community, leaving her alone in the apartment.
When the suspect’s repeated attempts to forcefully engage in unlawful sexual intercourse with the woman failed, he allegedly pulled out a knife and tried to silence and overpower her.
However, he was apprehended by other neighbours before he could succeed.
