Ogun man arrested for raping mentally-unstable housewife

Ogun man arrested for raping mentally-unstable housewife

One Tahiru Hamidu has allegedly had an unlawful sexual intercourse with a mentally challenged married woman in Ogun State.

The incident happened in the Owode community, located in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.

The suspect has since been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for the heinous act.

The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Tuesday.

It’s gathered the suspect allegedly capitalised on the survivor’s (name withheld) cognitive lapses to engage in non-consensual sexual intercourse on several occasions before he was nabbed by the men of the Owode Egba Division on September 12, 2024.

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The suspect was also said to have threatened to murder the survivor’s brother-in-law, known only as Shofolahan, if he did not allow 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. The brother-in-law who reported the case claims that the suspect threatened to kill him to prevent him from stopping the crimes. The suspect is accused of repeatedly engaging in sexual acts with the survivor.

“The suspect is also accused of luring the survivor 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.”

Odutola added that the investigation into the crime was ongoing following the suspect’s arrest.

Ogun man arrested for raping mentally-unstable housewife