Man arrested for raping mentally unstable housewife in Owode Ogun State

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Man arrested for raping mentally unstable housewife in Owode Ogun State
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man named Tahiru Hamidu for
allegedly engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a mentally unstable married woman (name withheld) in the
Owode community, located in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.

The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrest to our correspondent on Tuesday.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect allegedly exploited the survivor's condition toengage in non-consensual
sexual intercourse on multiple before he was the suspect apprehended by the
men of the Owode EgbaDivision on September 12, 2024.

The suspect was also accused of threatening to murder the survivor's
brother-in-law, known only as Shofolahan, if he did not permit him
to continue raping his brother's wife.
On one occasion, Hamidu, a suspect from
Northern Nigeria, was accused of luring the survivor to a cassava plantation, where he allegedly raped her multiple times before releasing her.

Odutola said, "The survivor is mentally
incapacitated brother-in-law who
reported the case claims that the
suspect threatened to kill him to
prevent him from stopping
crimes. The suspect is accuse
of repeatedly engaging in sexal
acts with the survivor.

"The suspect is also accused of luring the survVOr to a cassava plantation in the community where he allegedly engaged in non-consensual sexual
intercourse with her repeatedly.

"He began threatening the brother-in-law, warning him to stop preventing him from having sexual intercourse with
the survivor and demanding that he hand her over to him.j
Odutola added that the
investigation into the crime was
ongoing following the suspect's
arrest.
Usman Bube was arrested for
allegedly attempting to rape his
pregnant neighbour's wife at
the Ogatalo Fulani Camp in the
Imala area of the state.
The suspect allegedy broke
into his neighbour's apartment,
where he found the pregant
woman sleeping, and attempted
to commit the crime, knowing
that her husband, Muhammed
Awwalu, had travelled out of
the community, leaving his wife
alone in the apartment
UWhen the suspect's repeated
attempts to forcefuly engage
in unlawful sexual intercourse
with the woman failed, he
allegedly pulled out a knife and
tried to silence and overpower
him.

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