Six Men Gang-rape 18-year-old at Gunpoint in Somolu, Lagos

Posted by George on Sat 17th Oct, 2015 - tori.ng

An 18-year old girl returning from an outing at the wee hours of the night in Lagos state has been brutally raped by suspected cult members of the Eiye confraternity and currently at large as the police intensifies investigations to apprehend them.

According to the Punch, an unnamed 18-year old girl was returning from a visit to an uncle’s house at about 8pm on Saturday when she was attacked by the hoodlums, suspected to be cultists belonging to the Eiye confraternity according to reports from residents, on Olaosebikan Street, Bajulaiye, in the Somolu area.

The teenager, who was with the suspected rapists for about four hours, was threatened with a gun to “cooperate” with her assailants. The rapists brutally had a carnal knowledge of her unhindered as she wallowed in deep pains.

It was learnt that the victim was taken for medical treatment at the Mirabel Centre, Ikeja, after which the matter was reported at the Alade Police Division. It was, however, gathered that the suspected rapists fled the area before the police could arrest them.

When reporters visited her parents’ house, the victim, who worked as a computer operator, said the men raped her after they had accused her of being a lover to a member of a rival cult group.

According to the poor girl, she had been asked out by some of the suspected rapists on several occasions without positive response from her. She added that they took advantage of the fact that the area was deserted on Saturday and raped her freely.

She said:

“It was at about 8pm on Saturday. I was returning from a visit when the guys surrounded me around Olaosebikan Street. They carried me into an apartment called Elewure’s House around Bajulaiye Compound.

“They forced me into a room in the house and took turns to rape me. They were six in number, but I know five of them. They are Raheem, Oriyomi, Sulaimon, Dudu, Orobo and Ronaldo. As each of them raped me, one of them pressed a gun against me, saying if I did not cooperate, they would kill me.

“I was with them till around 12am. Two of them walked me to a street near where I lived. I was tired.

“On the second day, I went to the Alade Police Division to make a report, and I was also taken to the Mirabel Centre in Ikeja for medical treatment.

“The hoodlums claimed that I was dating a cultist. They said they had asked me several times to date them but I refused. They said they would teach me a lesson. I want the police to arrest these men. I cannot go to work for now.”

Reports have it that one of the six hoodlums, known as Makayoko, returned from the Kirikiri Prison last year after serving an eight-year jail term for violence. His arrest will possibly initiate another lengthy return behind bars.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirmed the gang rape, adding that the police were intensifying efforts to apprehend the suspects.