Two men, Anthony John and Jimoh Idowu, have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for gang-raping their co-tenant’s 16-year-old daughter, Punch Newspaper reports. John, 35, and Idowu, 21, reportedly conspired and gang-raped the victim last Thursday after breaking into their co-tenant’s apartment. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested following a complaint lodged at the Owode-Egba Divisional Police Headquarters by the victim. According to him, the victim reported that she was at home with her younger siblings at Efunye village via Owode-Egba when the two suspects, who are living in the same house with them, broke into their apartment around 2am and dragged her into Anthony’s room. Oyeyemi stated, “She stated further that the duo knew that her parents had travel
