BENIN – The Edo State Police Command has arrested a gang of three men over allegations of kidnapping and rape.
The suspects, Fred Musa, 23, Ezekiel Lucky, 22, andBenjamin Promise, 23, allegedly abducted a 17-year-old girl as she was returning from school and confined her in their house on Erediuwa Street, off Upper Sakonba Road, Benin City, Edo State for three days.
The three men took turns to rape the school girl for three days before she was rescued by the police following a tip-off by neighbours who heard her cry for help.
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Foluso Adebanjo said three suspected rapists after abducting the girl switched off her mobile phone thereby preventing her from making any distress call to her family.
The helpless girl gained freedom after she cried out for help through the window of the room she was locked in while the three suspects were out of the house.
Neighbours who heard her rushed to the police who quickly responded and rescued the girl.
One of the suspects, Fred Musa, recounting the incident said: “During our school days, we used to rape ladies. We have been seeing the girl pass in front of our house. We tried to ‘toast’ her but she turned us down. We decided to abduct her while she was returning from school about 2.30pm. We dragged her into our house and ordered her to take off her clothes. From that moment we detained her for three days and engaged her in marathon sex. We gave her food to eat and we came in anytime of the day to bash her.”
Another suspect, Benjamin Promise, said: “It was our neighbours who called the police and the girl was rescued. We were reluctant to release her because we just enjoyed her.”
One of their neighbours speaking said: “It was a shock when we heard the voice of the girl crying and shouting for help through the window where they locked her. Immediately we went to the police station to report the ugly incident.”
The traumatized school girl recounted her experience on how she was abducted while returning home from school: “Whenever they saw me going to school, they would always ‘toast’ me but I would turn down their request. Then one day when as I was coming back from school, they dragged me to their house and ordered me to remove my clothes. They had sex with me for three days. I pleaded and pleaded. They were adamant to my plea before the neighbours heard my voice and went to report the case at the police station and I was rescued.”
For their felonious act, Edo Police boss, Adebanjo said that the three suspects would soon be charged to court to face the wrath of the law.
