A 32-year-old man, Musa Ismail, was arrested by
the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly
raping his neigbour, and robbing her of her
property worth N91,500
It was learnt that Ismail lived on Kadiri Street, in
the Agege area, while his gang members ─
Saheed Lawal, Wasiu Ajanaku, and Tayo Inawole
─ resided with the victim on Okunola Street.
It was gathered that the robbers gained access to
Joy’s apartment around 2am on December 26
after breaking a window, and stole three phones
valued at N43,500 and a cash sum of N48,000
After the robbery, Ismail reportedly took out a
knife and ordered Joy, said to be in her mid 20s,
to lie down and then raped her before he fled the
building with his gang.
Fortunately, Joy was able to identify Ismail during
the robbery and reported the incident at the
Dopemu Police Division, which lead to the
suspects’ arrest.
Joy was directed to the Mirabel Centre, which
attends to rape victims, where a medical test
conducted on her confirmed that she was raped.
“The suspects are neighbours of the
woman. They had an altercation after she
warned them to stop smoking cannabis at
the back of her apartment. It was in the
night of that day that they burgled her
room and one of them raped her,” the
source added.
Meanwhile, the suspects were arraigned before an
Ogba Magistrates’ Court on three counts
bordering on burglary and stealing. Ismail, in
addition to the counts, was charged with rape.
The case was adjourned till January 25, 2016.
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