Police explain how man raped Unilorin student and escaped from cell

Police in Kwara state have explained how an Instagram user who allegedly drugged and raped a student of

The Police Public Relations Officer, Akayi Okasanmi said the victim whose name is withheld started a relationship with the suspect identified as Asiwaju Micheal after meeting on Instagram.

Speaking to Punch Correspondent in Ilorin, the Police PRO said the victim told them that their relationship was not amorous until Michael invited her to a hotel.

Okasanmi said, “He later drugged the girl and slept with her. While she was unconscious, he took photographs of her nude body. When the girl woke up, she found out that the guy had raped her. She left in annoyance and vowed not to come back to him.

“When the girl left, the guy called her for sex. When the girl refused, he threatened to expose her nude pictures to the public. The girl went to him and pleaded with him to delete the pictures. He made love to her and went on to forward one of the pictures to the girl’s father. But the picture was intercepted by the lady’s older brother who was in possession of the father’s phone at that time.”

Explaining how the suspect was arrested and how he disappeared under their nose, Okasanmi said,

“We laid a trap for him. He called the lady at about 12.30pm and told her to meet him somewhere. Maybe he sensed that something was amiss. But eventually, we arrested him in a hotel and took him to my office. By that time it was late.\

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“I asked an officer from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to take his statement and he confessed. I collected one of his cell phones, searched and found some of the lady’s nude pictures in it. We made him to write a statement confirming what he did.

“Later, I left the SCIID officer to watch the suspect, while I went home to dress because we were expecting one of our principal officers from Abuja and we were to receive him at the airport at about 8 am. By the time I returned to the office, the suspect had disappeared. The CID officer told me that he left him in the care of other people. For that reason, the boy defaulted and he is going to face trial.”

Counter-accusation

Meanwhile, other media reports have linked the suspect in question to one Twitter user, @asiwaju_limited who accused Police Public Relations Officer, Akayi Okasanmi of forcing him to N115,000 into the account of his one of his boys.