Missing N1k: Ogun Herbalist Rapes Teenage Client

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested  a herbalist, identified as Samson Ogundele, in Referefu area of Oja-Odan in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly defiling a teenager and attempting to rape another who went to his house alongside seven others for consultation over a missing N1,000.

This was made known by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Sunday where he revealed that the herbalist was arrested last week Wednesday.

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According to the PPRO, Ogundele was nabbed after a report was filed against him at the Oja-Odan Divisional Headquarters by one of the victims.

He said the victim reported that a sum of N1,000 was missing among nine hairdressing apprentices and they decided to seek a traditional way to unravel the thief.

He said “On getting to the herbalist, he started calling them into a room one after the other after collecting #700 from them.

“The complainant stated further that the first and second persons entered and came out, and when it was her turn, she entered and the herbalist tried to rape her.

Following her complaint, the DPO of Oja-Odan division, CSP Gabriel Ikechukwu, ordered the immediate arrest of the suspect.

“It was while interrogating him that one of the girls, who is 17 years old, confessed that the herbalist had already had carnal knowledge of her when she met him at the consulting room.

“She stated further that the herbalist threatened that she would die if she informed anybody.

The victim was immediately taken to General Hospital Oja-Odan where the doctor on duty confirmed that the girl had been defiled.

“The herbalist himself has confessed to the commission of the crime.”

He, however, said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

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