Operatives of the Ogun State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have eight secondary school students for alleged conspiracy, sexual abuse and unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl at the Ijebu-Imushin in Ijebu East local government area of the State.
The suspects who are students of St. Anthony Grammar School, Esure, Ijebu-Mushin, allegedly took the teenager without her consent to a secluded room and had sexual intercourse with her.
They were said to have also recorded the act with a view to blackmailing the girl.
The suspects are Matthew Omotayo, 17; Mojeeb Solomon, 16; Olamilekan Adefuye, 18; and Damilola Ismail, 19.
Others are, Emmanuel George, 17; Aborisade Ayomide, 17; Paul Chukwuchebe, 19, and Lateef Adeoye, 16.
The Public Relations Officer of Ogun NSCDC, Dyke Ogbonnaya who disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Abeokuta, noted that the incident occurred on Friday, November 15, 2024.
Ogbonnaya explained that the suspects contravened sections 32 and 33 of the Child Rights Law of Ogun State 2006 for allegedly assaulting and gang-raping a minor while also filming the same in a permanent form for possible blackmail.
”According to the teenager, she was sexually abused the first time and was recorded and the alleged suspects threatened to upload the video on social media if she did not allow them to have her again which she also consented to until she resolved to report the matter to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Divisional Office at Ijebu-Mushin, Ogun State”.
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Ogbonnaya further stated that upon the information, two of the suspects were arrested leading to the trail and arrest of other members of the gang.
He added that after getting the consent of the mother of the teenager, she was made to undergo a medical procedure at the Sexual Assault Referral Centre, SARC, at the Olabisi Onabajo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.
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The spokesperson disclosed that the results of the investigation culminated in the application for a remand order by the State Command’s legal officer through the Magistrate Court in Ijebu-Mushin, Ogun State.
The Magistrate granted the prayer of the Civil Defence legal officer to remand the suspects for 60 days pending the outcome of the advice from the Department of Public Prosecution and he thereafter adjourned the matter to the 20th of January, 2025.