NSCDC Nabs Eight Teenagers For Alleged Gang-Rape, Blackmail In Ogun

For allegedly gang-raping a 14-year-old girl in Ijebu-Mushin, Ogun State, eight teenagers have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dyke Ogbonnaya, disclosed that the suspects, including 17-year-old Mathew Omotayo, took the victim to a secluded room and had non-consensual sex with her.

According to Ogbonnaya, the suspects also recorded the incident and used it to repeatedly blackmail their victim.

He said the suspects, who claimed to be students of St. Anthony Grammar School, Esure, Ijebu-Mushin, were identified as: Mathew Omotayo – 17; Mojeeb Solomon – 16; Olamilekan Adefuye – 18; and Damilola Ismail – 19.

Others are Emmanuel George – 17; Aborisade Paul Ayomide – 17; Paul Chukwuchebe – 19 and Lateef Adeoye – 16.

The Command’s Spokesperson said the victim reported the incident to the NSCDC Divisional Office in Ijebu-Mushin after the suspects allegedly beat and verbally assaulted her.

Meanwhile, a Magistrate Court in Ijebu has ordered that the suspects be remanded for 60 days, pending the outcome of the Department of Public Prosecutions’ advice on the matter.

Speaking on the unfortunate incident, the NSCDC Commandant in Ogun State, Remilekun Ekundayo, warned that the Command would not tolerate abuse of minors.

He further assured that perpetrators such criminal acts would be decisively dealt with according to the law.