Vigilance group chief arrested for raping MAPOLY student

The police in Ogun State on Tuesday arrested an officer
of the Ogun State Vigilance Service, Liasu Oyedele, over
the alleged rape of a female National Diploma 1 Banking
and Finance student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic,
Abeokuta.

The 30-year-old VSO officer is currently detained at the
Ibara Police Divisional headquarters.

The suspect, according to some MAPOLY students, who
staged a peaceful protest to the office of the
Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development,
Mrs. Elizabeth Sonubi, was caught after he had already
had carnal knowledge of the victim, who was said to be in
her menstrual period.

The suspect was said to have accosted the student, who
had gone for ‘Group Reading’ in preparation for the
institution’s second semester examinations at Alewenu
Village, Onikolobo, Abeokuta, around 10pm on Monday.

The placard-bearing protesters alleged that despite the
fact that the victim was menstruating at the time, Oyedele
allegedly raped her for close to two hours.

The victim, reportedly exhausted as a result of the rape,
was said to have been rescued from the grip of the
suspect by passers-by, who rushed her to an undisclosed
hospital for treatment.

However, none of the officials of the state government
was available to address the protesting students.

Addressing the MAPOLY students, the State Coordinator
of the Child Protection Network, Peju Osoba, condemned
the incident, describing the act as a crime against the
state.

“It is a crime against the state and the Child Protection
Network will ensure that justice is done,” Osoba said.

She added that she had contacted the Ogun State Police
Command to ensure a transfer of the case from Ibara
Police Station to the Command Headquarters at Eleweran.
Osoba pledged that the state government would be
formally informed of the incident while legal action would
be taken by the CPN on the matter.

The acting Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola
Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident and the arrest of the
VSO officer.

Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police said, “His
case will be transferred to Eleweran for further
investigation.”


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