A 20-year-old lady, who admitted to
setting up her friend to be gang raped after a misunderstanding between
them has been arrested.
Vanguard newspaper reports that the victim was ambushed by six
armed men, suspected to be cultists, at about 8p.m., around Olaosebikan
Street in Somolu area of Lagos.
The gunmen, said to have earlier
propositioned her, which she rejected, took turns on her for over four
hours inside an apartment at Elewure’s House, around Bajulaiye Compound,
where she was taken.
The suspected cultists, it was gathered,
accused the victim, a computer operator, of accepting a member of a
rival cult group as a lover.
The victim, who gave the names of
the suspects (withheld) to policemen at Alade Division, said two of them
saw her off to a street close to hers, from where she walked home.
Police sources hinted that Vera admitted to the claim, saying she did it out of bitterness.
The
police source said: “She said it was after an argument that she
threatened to deal with the victim. A few days later, the victim was
raped.
“The victim will be invited here tomorrow (Thursday),
where both of them will sit face-to-face, during the interrogation
section.
“We are also on the trail of the suspected rapists.
Thereafter, they will all be charged to court. Currently, the victim is
in good condition after undergoing treatment.”