The police in Ogun say they have arrested a 29-year-old driving
instructor, name withheld, for allegedly raping and killing one Ms
Modupe Taiyese, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in
Abeokuta, Ogun.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ahmed Iliyasu, told
journalists at the scene of the crime in Abule Ayo area on Thursday that
the suspect had confessed to the crime.
Iliyasu said prior to the arrest of the suspect, the
coordinator of the NYSC in the state, Mr John Okon had complained to
the command about a missing corps member in the state.
“We went for a powerful technical screening of fact left behind by the
last person she contacted, who is the suspect; we are able to arrest
him. “We are able to uncover this nefarious act and he led us to this
place and confessed. “Technically, the information led to one person, an
indigene of Uromi in Edo, who was teaching this innocent corps member,
Taiyese Modupe, how to drive car. “The man tactically and deceitfully
convinced her on Saturday evening that her driving permit was ready.
“She
decided to answer his call and he cleverly and deceitfully apprehended
the lady and brought her down to this forest where he had a forceful and
unlawful carnal knowledge of her. Thereafter, he strangled her to
death,” he said.
Ilyasu also said the police tracked the suspect, following some passport photographs found at the scene of the crime.
“The passport photographs of the suspect were found at the scene of the incident which is a remarkable evidence of crime.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the corpse of the
deceased has not been removed from the scene of the crime as at the time
of filing this report.
The suspect told journalists that he dragged the victim into a forest and had sex with her before he strangled her to death.
“After I took her to this place, I told her that I wanted to have sex
with her, she said `No’, but I dragged her into the bush and had sex
with her. “After having sex with her, she said she would tell her
family; that was when I tore her cloth and used it to strangle her. “As
she was gasping, I ran away,” the suspect said