Police Parade Oyo NURTW Chief For Abducting, Raping Mother Of Two

THE Vice-chairman of Gbagi branch of the
National Union of Road Transport Workers
(NURTW) Oyo State branch, Alhaji Saheed Tijani
aka ‘Omo Olomo’, has been arrested by the Oyo
State police command for raping a 28-year-old
woman.
The suspect and his cohorts allegedly abducted
the victim, Abosede, around 9 pm on Monday,
April 4, 2016, while returning home from work.
The state Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade
disclosed this while parading the suspect and
others at the command headquarters, Eleyele,
Ibadan on Friday.
According to the police boss, the victim was
subdued by the ferocious men who threatened
her with a knife, despite her cries for help.
“Having successfully threatened her to
submission, she was abducted in the most
brazen, commando-like manner and forcibly
taken to an hotel where she was drugged and
subsequently mercilessly raped till the next day.
Soon, the suspect and his accomplice went
underground to evade arrest.
“Consequent upon the report made to police, the
Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the command
commenced a manhunt for the suspects. After
several days of diligent investigation, the rapist
was arrested in his hideout somewhere in Ibadan.
The suspect has since confessed to the crime,”
the police boss said.
Oyebade said investigation revealed that Omo
Olomo, until his arrest, was a pain in the neck of
innocent citizens, especially women who he has
raped in the past.
“The suspect’s illicit sexual escapade was known
to many in the Iwo road area, but the victims
could not report due to stigmatization and fear of
attack by the suspect who was dreaded. This
has also earned him suspension from the union
on many occasions.”
While speaking with The Nation, Omo Olomo
denied raping Abosede. He maintained that the
sex was consensual and based on mutual
agreement between him and Abosede.
“We are friends and we are having an affair. I did
not rape her, she agreed to do it and I give her
money whenever we have sex. I am surprised
with this allegation she levelled against me,”
Omo Olomo said.
However, Abosede insisted that she never met
Omo Olomo before the alleged rape took place,
maintaining that she was never the suspect’s
friend.
“He raped me and warned me not to report him
to anybody. He said he would kill me if I did. But
I summoned courage and reported him to the
police. I have two kids now and my husband has
chased me out of the house because of the
incident.”
Meanwhile, in a related development, the police
boss said the command also recovered seven
vehicles, which were stolen at gun point from
the owners across the state.
The vehicles recovered are: a blue Honda Accord
car with reg. No. KSF 765 BlackBerry, A wine
Toyota Corolla car with rg no. AAA 591 DW, one
Toyota Camry with reg no JJJ 796 EA, Toyota
Matrix with reg no FST 929 EC, Toyota Camry
with rg no LSD 659 DR, one unregistered wine
Toyota Camry car and Toyota Camry car with
reg no KRD 92 DU.