Two
graduates, Desmond Quadri and Richard Orji, have been arrested by the Lagos
State Police Command for allegedly raping a woman in the Ajah area. It was
learnt that the suspects had attended a party together where they had some
bottles of alcoholic drink.
After
the party, 24-year-old Quadri was said to have gone into the bush to defecate
and was accompanied by his friend, Orji, 25.
The
men, who had reportedly been friends for eight years, were said to have spotted
the victim in her room alone and sneaked into the compound.
Orji
was alleged to have stabbed the 32-year-old in the shoulder and thigh, before
taking her phones, Ipad, perfumes and other personal effects. Not done, the
suspects allegedly took turns to rape her for about half an hour before leaving
her for dead.
Residents
were said to have taken her to the hospital and reported the matter at the Ajah
Police Division.
Our correspondent gathered that the case was transferred to the Anti-Robbery
Squad, State Department of Criminal Investigation, which began trailing the
suspects. The suspected rapists were said to have been caught after selling the
victim’s phones.
A
source said, “After they committed the crime, they fled and thought that was
the end of the case. They sold one of the woman’s phone to someone. We were
able to track the phone and get that person arrested. The buyer led us to them.
They did not deny the crime.”
While
Quadri claimed to be a graduate of Business Administration from a polytechnic
in Ogun State, his accomplice, Orji, said he hailed from Delta State and
studied Banking and Finance at a polytechnic in Delta State.
Quadri,
an indigene of Abia State, said they were drunk on the night of the incident,
adding that he had no criminal record and had never abused a woman in his life.
He
said, “It was around 10pm on Sunday night at Ajah that the incident happened.
We went for a festival and became drunk. We later felt we should go to a hotel
to have another drink.
“On
the way, I went to a nearby bush to defecate. After I was done, we saw that the
house opposite the bush had no gate or any form of security. We decided to
enter the building. We observed that there was a lady in her room alone.
“We
saw that her kitchen did not have any burglar-proof bar, so we entered through
the kitchen. I was outside watching to know if anybody would come, while Orji
was inside.”
He
said his mate, Orji, stabbed the victim with a knife and she screamed, adding
that he immediately went inside to join him.
Orji
said they took her phones, tablets, and other effects and took turns to rape
her.
“We
were drunk. I cannot say if it was the drink or something else. But I can tell
you that we allowed the devil to take complete control of us,” he said.
The
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni, said the victim was in the
hospital, adding that she was responding to treatment.
“The
woman was taken to the hospital after the incident and she is responding to
treatments. The suspects will be taken to court latest tomorrow,” he said.
Source: The Punch
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