Four people have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 21-year-old woman in Ozubulu community of Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra state.
They were however arrested by operatives of Special Anti-robbery Squad in conjunction with the recently launched operations Kpochakpu.
The suspects identified as Collins Okpala, 25, Nwachukwu Chimanya, 20, Kenechukwu Anyasi , 23, and Pascal Ogbuagu, 22 reportedly filmed the rape and also collected N1m from their rape victim in order not to release it to public space.
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Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed who confirmed the arrest said “Suspects had on the 14/2/2019 abducted a girl of about 21years old (Name withheld), robbed her of her belongings and equally gang-raped her.
“The suspects made a pornographic video clip of the rape incident and used the video to blackmail the victim to the tune of N1m.
“Consequently, suspects have confessed to the crime while the said video clip was recovered from their phones and registered as exhibit.
” It is pertinent to reiterate that the command under the watch of CP John Abang will continue to provide safe and secure environment for all the citizenry before, during and after the Christmas and new year celebrations.”.
Earlier, The Herald reported that a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday ordered the police to unfailingly produce a second suspect, Nemi ThankGod, on Nov. 21, in connection to the killing of nine women in different hotels in Rivers State.
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