A 24-year old man, Ajom Brimcewil Tabi, has been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a 13-year old girl, Favour Ikechukwu to death in Ejigbo, Lagos State.
It was gathered that Tabi carried out the act alongside his friends.
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The police said the suspect along with two others, now at large, gang-raped the girl in a room and left her to bleed to death.
The police said while Tabi is being detained at the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Panti Street Yaba, efforts were ongoing to arrest the fleeing members of the gang.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent that the suspect would soon be charged with murder.
Adejobi said the incident occurred on September 30, 2020 around 10.30pm when late Favour was sent on an errand by her mother.
He said the deceased was asked to buy a carton of Gala by her mother at Olanrewaju Street, Ejigbo, but she raised an alarm when she waited for hours and the daughter did not return.
“A search party was raised to look for her, till when her father came back from work and he also started looking for the girl.
“Later, information got to them that a girl had been raped to death at No.4, Olanrewaju Street Ejigbo.
“On getting there, the body of Favour Okechukwu was found dead in a room that belongs to one Ajom Brimcewil Tabi.
“The body was found stark naked with blood flowing out of her private part. The said Brimcewil Tabi has been arrested and detained,” he said.
The Lagos police spokesman further said on hearing about the incident, the Commissioner of Police ordered a thorough investigation into the case.
The CP, according to him, condemned the act which he described as barbaric and vowed to fight rape, defilement and other crimes headlong in Lagos State.
