The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) has called on the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Mu’azu Zubairu to ensure the arrest and prosecution of Doku Ojo, Olawale Ojo and two others allegedly responsible for the gang rape of a 15-year old girl somewhere in Gberige, Ikorodu, Lagos.
According to a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by the National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Okechukwu Nwanguma, NOPRIN was in possession of distressing information alleging gang rape of a 15-year-old girl by the said culprits now at large.
The statement noted that NOPRIN was informed that the heinous criminal act of sexual violence on an under-aged school girl was video-recorded by the mindless perpetrators who further threatened the victim with death if she reports her dehumanizing and traumatizing experience to her parents or anyone else.
It further informed that the culprits allegedly threatened the child that if she failed to turn up any other time they invite her for a repeat of the act, they would upload the sex video online and further deal with her severely.
The statement partially read,” NOPRIN is further informed that the young girl just lost her mother and the family is still in a mourning mood. This act of sexual violence and further blackmail by the criminals therefore exacerbates her pains, agony and trauma.
“NOPRIN is informed that this criminal act was reported at the Ijede Divisional Police Headquarters and when police officers went to arrest the culprits, they and other members of their family put up a fierce resistance, assaulted a policeman and injured the girl’s brother and made way for the suspects to flee.
“The family of the suspects is said to be threatening to deal with the family of the young girl and any other person involved if the father did not withdraw the case from the police.
“NOPRIN hereby calls on the CP Lagos to order the immediate arrest of the culprits and all those involved in the assault on police officers and obstruction of police investigation and justice in this heinous crime”.
It further however called on Lagos CP to order a transfer of investigation of the crime to the command headquarters for proper and professional investigation and prosecution.
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