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Medical doctor brutalises, rapes job seeking teenager in Osun
Dr Shakiru was arrested by a team of policemen from Oke-Baale Police Division in Osogbo after the family members of the 18-year-old girl reported the matter at the police station.
The Guardian reports that Shakiru had approached the victim (name withheld) while walking on the road and offered to give her a lift to her destination. Before dropping her off at Oke-Fia Area of Osogbo, the medical practitioner collected her phone number.
Few days after the duo started exchanging text messages, Shakiru allegedly promised to get a job for the teenage admission-seeker so that she could raise money for her studies.
Our correspondent further learned that the suspect invited the girl to his house at Ilesa Garage area of Osogbo last Wednesday to sign the purported job form and allegedly raped her after rendering her powerless with repeated blows and strangulation.
The victim explained that she finished her secondary school education in 2023 and was making efforts to get a job in order to save up for further studies at a tertiary institution.
Narrating her ordeal to The Guardian in an interview, the teenager said she left the Osunjela community of the state to Osogbo to search for a job and while roaming the streets, Shakiru, who was riding a car, saw her and offered to assist her.
She said: “Last week Friday, I was going towards Oke-Fia Area of Osogbo and I wanted to board a commercial motorcycle. The man (Shakiru) approached me while driving his car along Olonkoro area and offered to give me a lift to my destination.
He introduced himself to me as Doctor Olayode Akangbe Shakiru and showed me some of his medical documents so that I can believe him.
“Before I alighted at Oke-Fia, he collected my phone number. When I got home that day, he sent me a text message. On Tuesday, he sent me a message on Whatsapp asking about my daily activities and if I had work I was doing. I told him I do stay at home with my parents and that I am still trying to gain admission into tertiary institution. I told him that I need a job that will enable me save up for my school admission.
“He then said he would get me a job so that I won’t be staying idle at home. I told him I will be happy to work because I needed to save up money for my studies and that was the reason I visited Osogbo to see if I will get work to do before we met.
“So, he asked me to see him so that I can fill the employment form and other documents for the job. He told me that he was assisting others to get work at Atoke Hospital in Igbona Area of Osogbo where he claimed to be working. He said there is accomodation at the hospital for me and that I can become auxiliary nurse and be filling forms for patients.”
On how Shakiru allegedly took advantage of her when she visited his place to fill the purported job form, the survivor stated: “I visited his house at Ilesa Garage for the filing of the job form the next day, which is Wednesday. I had already told him I don’t have transportation fare to Osogbo because I was coming from Osunjela community. He said how much will it take me to get to Osogbo, I told him N1,500 and he sent it to me. Upon receiving the money, I boarded a bus to Osogbo. He came to pick me to his house around 3:30pm.
“The house is a room and parlour self-contained. I sat at the sitting room, and I was waiting for him to bring out the employment form. Then, he started touching and caressing me. I shunned him and kept removing his hands. He persisted despite my rejection, and I started struggling with him. He became so violent to prevent me from screaming, started hitting my face with blows and held my throat with his left hand. I became so weak, and I was thinking he wanted to kill me for ritual.
“He kept on strangulating me in a corner of the room till he had forceful sexual intercourse with me. Even after he finished, he remained on me for a few minutes before he left me. After I regained consciousness and some strength, he opened the door that he had locked and I ran out of the house around 5:00pm.”
She added: “After I left his place, I discovered I sustained injuries on my left eye and throat. Also, one of my earrings fell inside his room when he was forcing himself on me, slapping and beating me repeatedly.”
On the action she took after the incident, the teenager said: “I went to my older sister and narrated my ordeals to her. It was after that, that she took me to Oke-Baale Police Station in Osogbo and we reported the rape incident.”
Meanwhile, a text message the medical doctor reportedly sent to the victim on WhatsApp, telling her of his intention to secure employment for her, was obtained by our correspondent.
An older brother to the victim, who did not want to be named said the girl could not locate the house when the police took her there to arrest the suspect, adding, “We then took the Police to Atoke Hospital in Igbona Area where he claimed to be working. The nurses at the hospital said Shakiru comes once a while to attend to patients.”
“On Thursday, last week, he was arrested by the police along the road while returning to Osogbo from Ipetumodu along Ile-Ife road. When he took the police to his house in Osogbo, a pair of my sister’s earrings that fell off was found there.”
When the Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, was contacted, she confirmed the rape incident and said investigation was being carried out by the police.
Opalola added that the medical doctor has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further actions. The Guardian
A middle-aged man has been arrested over alleged involvement in gruesome murder of his employer, a Pentecostal Bishop of End-reconciliation Ministry Asaba, Delta State.
The suspect was said to have also attempted to dispose of the deceased Toyota Prado Jeep in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State before his arrest.
Confirming the incident on Wednesday while briefing newsmen, Commissioner of Police, State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu said the suspect was arrested together with his accomplice alleged to be the buyer of the stolen vehicle.
The vehicle of the murdered Bishop
He said the stolen vehicle was also recovered from the suspects during the operation.
According to Orutugu, “The breakthrough followed a swift intelligence-led operation by Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, which led to the arrest of the suspect and another individual alleged to be the buyer of the stolen vehicle.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the suspect, who served as the Bishop’s driver and domestic staff, allegedly conspired with yet-to-be-identified criminal elements to murder the cleric before fleeing with the victim’s Prado Jeep to Anambra State for sale.
“Police Operatives, acting on credible information, tracked and intercepted the suspects in Nkpor, successfully recovered the stolen vehicle, and took them into custody for further interrogation.”
According to CP, investigations are ongoing to apprehend other members of the criminal gang involved in the incident and fully unravel the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate murder.
He advised residents to exercise due diligence in the recruitment and management of domestic staff, drivers, and other household employees.
Orutugu also urged members of the public to properly profile and verify the identities of persons employed in their homes and establishments, while also remaining vigilant to suspicious behaviours and activities.
“We assure the public that the Command remains committed to proactive policing, intelligence-driven operations, and collaboration with sister security agencies to ensure the safety of lives and property across the State.
While speaking to newsmen, the bishop’s driver said, “immediately we arrived home and my boss asked me to open the gate, I didn’t know that some people were trailing behind us.
“One of them rushed me, ordered me to lie down and marched my head and hit it with the gun. They went inside and met my master.
“They threatened to kill me if I raise alarm or call the police. They asked me to contact someone from Onitsha who will buy the vehicle. The buyers came this morning and took the vehicle.”
A personal driver of a Pentecostal bishop of End-Reconciliation Ministry in Asaba, Delta State, has been arrested for allegedly killing his employer and fleeing with his vehicle, a Toyota Prado Jeep.
The driver, whose identity has yet to be disclosed due to ongoing investigations, was arrested alongside another suspect in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, while attempting to sell the vehicle.
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, CP Ikioye Orutugu, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Command’s headquarters in Awka, on Wednesday, adding that the suspect murdered the cleric before fleeing with his vehicle to Anambra to sell.
Orutugu said the arrest followed a swift intelligence-led operation by operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, which led to the arrest of the suspect and another individual alleged to be the buyer of the stolen vehicle.
He said the driver conspired with some criminal elements still at large, to kill his employer, adding that investigations are ongoing to apprehend other members of the criminal gang involved in the incident and fully unravel the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate murder.
He said, “The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command arrested a domestic staff member allegedly involved in the gruesome murder of his employer, a Pentecostal Bishop of End-Reconciliation Ministry in Asaba, Delta State, and the subsequent attempt to dispose of the victim’s Toyota Prado Jeep in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
“The breakthrough followed a swift intelligence-led operation by Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, which led to the arrest of the suspect and another individual alleged to be the buyer of the stolen vehicle.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the suspect, who served as the Bishop’s driver and domestic staff, allegedly conspired with yet-to-be-identified criminal elements to murder the cleric before fleeing with the victim’s Prado Jeep to Anambra State for sale.
“Police operatives, acting on credible information, tracked and intercepted the suspects in Nkpor, successfully recovered the stolen vehicle, and took them into custody for further interrogation.”
The CP stated that investigations are ongoing to apprehend other members of the criminal gang involved in the incident and fully unravel the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate murder.
Orutugu advised the public to exercise due diligence in the recruitment and management of domestic staff, drivers, and other household employees.
He urged members of the public to properly profile and verify the identities of persons employed in their homes and establishments, while also remaining vigilant to suspicious behaviours and activities.
“We assured the public that the Command remains committed to proactive policing, intelligence-driven operations and collaboration with sister security agencies to ensure the safety of lives and property across the State,” the CP added. (The PUNCH)
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering offences.
A source within the anti-graft agency, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, disclosed on Wednesday that Abdullahi was arrested in Abuja and is currently in the custody of the commission.
According to the source, the alleged fraud involves funds estimated at N500bn.
“We have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, for money laundering offences. He was arrested and is currently in our custody. The money Is to the tune of N500bn,” the official said.
Efforts to get confirmation from the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, were unsuccessful as he could not be reached as of the time of filing this report.
President Bola Tinubu had on October 24, 2023 appointed Abdullahi as Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria.
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