Suspected gang of
rapists on Saturday raped an undergraduate of
the Delta State University in
Abraka.
It was gathered
that the victim identified as Cecilia (surname withheld) of the Department of
Sociology was among four other girls who surrendered themselves to be raped by
the suspected rapists.
The rapists
numbering over 20 were alleged to have ambushed the girls on their way home
from evening church service.
Although three
other victims were said to have escaped after the first round of sex, Cecilia,
the last victim, could not as the rapists allegedly swooped on her after she
was threatened with gun before she was raped.
Another version of
the story alleged that some of the girls, who were raped, were members of a
cult group called Ake Confraternity and did not know that rape was part of the
initiation rite.
The victims,
according to sources, only knew when they got to the initiation ground, where
they were threatened that anyone who refused would be killed by other members.
But the State
Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, who confirmed the
incident, said the police stormed an uncompleted building where a victim was
being raped by a member of the gang.
Four other girls,
according to the PPRO, were waiting for their turn as part of the initiation
into a cult group.
Kalu disclosed
that four of the suspected rapists were arrested while the girls were rescued
and the severely injured victim taken to the hospital for treatment.
“The Divisional
Police Officer, Abraka Division, received information that a girl was crying in
an uncompleted building in the bush.
“Based on the
report, detectives stormed the building and found out that a cult group known
as ‘Ake’ was conducting initiation of new members and that one of the girls was
being raped as part of initiation rites while others were waiting for their
turn to be initiated.”
Source: Punch Newspaper
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