Three suspected rapists of a middle aged house-wife and 60 years old woman have been nabbed by the Edo State police command in Benin City after robbing them of their belongings, Our Benin City Correspondent reports.
The three suspected rapists who gave their names as Peter Anigboro, 25yrs, Lucky Williams, 22yrs and Oliseh Friday said they initially went to the house to steal but changed their mind when they saw the young woman almost naked with her husband. According to them, the woman’s near nudity aroused them and they raped her. After robbing and raping the housewife, they went to the next house in the same compound where they met a 60-year old woman who pleaded with them, but they refused and allegedly raped her too.
Fresh Angle gathered that the suspected hoodlums forced their way to gain entrance to the house through the door of the first victim around 3am on the fateful day. This much was revealed by the gang leader, Peter Anigboro, who lives opposite the compound of the women. He was said to have mobilized the other two members of his gang to rob and rape the women.
According to Police report, the suspects who stormed the house of the first victim with an improvised gun and dagger, tied the legs and hands of the victim’s husband and threw him under the bed, after which they raped his wife one after the other. They later collected some of her belongings such as money and recharge cards which she sells in front of her house.
Peter Anigboro admitted to committing the crime. He said: “I told them that we have a deal tonight and when I told them we are to rob, they agreed and we left for a joint at about 9pm. Thereafter we moved to the woman’s place at 3am”.
On how the arm robbery mission turned into rounds of rape, he explained that they broke into the room of the middle aged woman and saw her with her husband lying on the floor. “ We tied the husband’s legs and hands, pushed him under the bed, then took the woman to the sitting room, the wrapper she had on pull off so I became aroused seeing the short pant she wore, the zip undone. I had sex with her, then went outside to keep watch while other two (sic) took their turn”.
They also confessed that on the same night, they also robbed an old woman who lived in the neighborhood and made away with her money. He however told newsmen that they fiddled with the 60 years old woman’s private part but did not rape her after she pleaded with them.
The 25years old boy further led his team to his uncle’s house in the same area, to rob, but they were not able to gain entrance to the house, but through one of the bedroom window, they collected a phone and perfume which were on top of a cupboard. The leader of the gang disclosed that he arranged for his gang to rob his uncle because his uncle has not been nice to his family.
According to report, the rape victim was able to identify Peter Anigboro while he was making love to her, the handkerchief he tied on his face dropped and she summoned courage to peep through the window when they were leaving. Thereafter the police were contacted and after thorough investigation, Peter Anigboro’s mother was picked, while Peter was still at large.
Our Benin City Correspondent reports that the police later arrested Peter who then led them to arrest his two other gang members who are presently cooling off in the police net. Items found on them are handsets, improvised gun, battle axe and dagger.