Four
suspected members of a cult group and a security man at a private
polytechnic in Ekiti State have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a
student of the institution.
The
"take advantage of" victim (name withheld), who is an ND 1 student of
the polytechnic, told PUNCH Metro at the Ekiti State Police Command
headquarters in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday that the suspects stormed her
room, tied her up and took turn to take advantage of her.
The
four suspected rapists are Kunle Aralepo 20, Oluwaseun Akomolafe, 23,
who are ND II students of Business Administration and Kehinde Adeyemi
and Ayo Olomola, who are on the run.
The victims added that one of the boys had asked her out and she refused.
She also accused one of the security men in the polytechnic, Mr. Seyi Adanbioje, of raping her the same day at his residence.
The
victim said the Chief Security Officer of the school directed Adanbioje
to take her to police station to make an official report of the take
advantage of case.
She said after leaving the station, the security man took her to his residence and also forcefully had sex with her.
The
security man, however, denied raping the female student. He explained
that he granted the girl an “asylum” because she said she could not
sleep alone in her house.
He
said, “She could not sleep alone because she was afraid that those who
had earlier take advantage ofd her might come back again.”
The
Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Victor Babayemi, who paraded the
suspects, said police investigation had shown that take advantage of
cases had been rampant at the institution.
He said the police were still probing such cases of "take advantage of" and why they were not reported to the police.
Babayemi said the police would thoroughly investigate the fresh take advantage of incident and allow justice to take its course.
The
PPRO said, “A group of four young men namely, Aralepo Kunle, Akomolafe
Oluwaseun (both ND II Business Administration students), Kehinde Adeyemi
and Ayo Olomola, aka AY Bishop, who was expelled from the school in
March for take advantage of went to the house of a female student of the
polytechnic, broke her door to gain entry, tied her hands and legs and
gang-take advantage of her.
“They
also robbed her of her phone and the sum of N5,000.00. A security guard
at the polytechnic, Seyi Adanbioje, 28, was also found to be part of the
gangsters. He was told to take the girl to the police station and make a
report but he took a detour to his house, where he also took advantage
of the victim.”