An ex-convict has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly raping an 80-year-old woman, Mrs Alice Mogbonjubola, on Lotogbe Street, Ondo.
The 35-year-old man, Emmanuel Joseph, entered the victim’s compound through the window and pretended to be picking some herbs before pouncing on the victim, robbing her of money and a mobile telephone.
The suspect armed with a dagger forcefully had intercourse with the octogenarian before neighbours who heard her cries for help broke into the room and caught the hoodlum.
When confronted Joseph said he did not know what came over him.
He said, “I didn’t know what I was doing that time. Something would tell me to steal or rape and I would do it. After that, I would blame myself for doing it.
“I don’t know what has come over me. I was just released from prison before the strike by judicial workers because of this bad behaviour. I have been doing it for long.”
It was learnt that some phones, which the suspect admitted were stolen and a dagger were recovered from his house.
In a related event, a 40-year-old man, Adeshina Adebowale, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly breaking into his 60-year-old neighbour’s apartment and raping her in Idanyin, Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state.
A statement by the state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Monday said the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Idanyin Divisional Police Headquarters by the victim’s son.
The suspect was said to have broken into the victim’s apartment around 4pm on Sunday and had carnal knowledge of her.
Oyeyemi said, “The son narrated that while his 60-year-old mother was in her apartment, the suspect broke in and forcefully had sex with her.
“Upon the report, the DPO, Idanyin Division, CSP Olayinka Kuye, detailed his detectives to go after the suspect.
“He was subsequently traced and apprehended, while the victim was quickly taken to hospital for treatment.
“The suspect has made confessional statement that he actually committed the crime.”
He said the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
