a middle aged nursing mother, her three months
old baby and husband had an unpleasant
encounter with an eight-man gang a few days
ago in Kogi state.
The eight man gang dispossessed them of their
cash and valuables at gunpoint, took them in the
family car to a nearby bush where they tied the
husband and raped the wife who was at that
time breast feeding her three-month-old baby.
Parading the suspects before newsmen, the
Acting Commissioner of Police, Kogi state, Mr
Abiodun Odude said the family was travelling
from Ogugu in Olamaboro Local Government
Area, Kogi State to Iga-Ikeje when the robbers
accosted them.
Odude said the victim (names withheld) a native
of Ogugu reported at the Olamaboro Police
Division and stated that he was travelling in his
Toyota Corolla car with his wife and baby when
suddenly some eight armed robbers accosted
them, dispossessing them of their car, N6600
cash and mobile phone sets.
The alleged robbers then bundled them into the
vehicle and drove them inside the bush about
two kilometres from the road, where the man
was tied to a tree prior to raping the wife.
Giving further explanation of what transpired,
he said the wife who was oblivious of their plan
as she was crying and begging them not to kill
her husband.
In response to her pleas, one of the robbers gave
her a vicious slap, took the baby away and
ordered her to undress, while pointing a gun to
her head.
He said the woman fainted after the ordeal –
they took turns in raping her in the presence of
her helpless husband.
Done with their evil business, they tied up her
legs and drove away in the car.
After about 40 minutes, the woman regained
consciousness, struggled to free herself and
walked to a nearby village, where she informed a
group of vigilantes, who later rescued the
husband.
On receiving the report, a police patrol team led
by Mr. Mbang Eteng, an Assistant
Superintendent of Police tracked down and
arrested two of the robbers, whose names were
given as Vincent Oguche from an uncompleted
building, and Femi Simon, who attempted to run
away, but was overpowered by policemen and
both of them taken into custody.
The police said the two suspects in the course of
interrogation confessed to the crime and
thereafter led the detectives to their hideout,
where the stolen car, assorted guns and
handsets were recovered.
Vincent Oguche while acknowledging that he
and the others actually committed the heinous
crime, explained why they raped the woman
despite that she was nursing a baby, saying:
"We were not in our right sense because we were
very high on drugs."
The other suspect said he could not control his
libido when he saw his comrades-in-crime
'enjoying themselves' so he had to join them to
have a taste of the woman.
The police are still on the trail of the remaining
four members who are still at large.
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