By Peter Oriyomi
A suspected area boy, Yemi aka Aleeba, is in police net after he allegedly abducted and raped a female student of the Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State on Sunday evening.
The suspect labelled as “a notorious criminal in the area, reportedly abducted the victim on Bode Road in Ede and raped her in a nearby uncompleted building.
The victim’s cry for help reportedly attracted passersby, who rushed to the scene to rescue her.
The sympathizers, after apprehending the suspect handed him over to the police.
Confirming the suspect’s arrest, the police spokesperson in the state, Yemisi Opalola, said the case had been immediately transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department at the Osun State Police Command headquarters in Osogbo
Opalola, in a statement on Tuesday on Tuesday, said: “According to the victim, the suspect committed the act alone. He has been arrested and investigation has commenced into the crime.”
Also, the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede has reacted and condemned the incident.
Assuring that justice will served on the matter, the polytechnic’s Protocol, Media and Public Relations Officer, Sola Lawal, in a statement, advised the students to “remain calm and be law-abiding,” saying the security operatives have commenced their investigation.
The statement reads: “The attention of the management of the Federal Polytechnic Ede has been drawn to a recent case of rape incident which allegedly involved a female student and a notorious tout popularly known as Aleba, which reportedly occurred on Sunday, along Bode Road, Ede.
“We want to emphatically state that this act of lawlessness is not only barbaric but a bestial act that must be condemned in all its totality with attendant prosecution of the culprit.
“The management, in its avowed determination to protect the interest of the students, will definitely pursue this case to a logical conclusion and bring the perpetrator of this dastardly act to book no matter how highly placed he is.”
