A robbery suspect met his Waterloo as he made an attempt to rape a female victim recently.
Tope Oladiran, 40, from Ondo State, had held his victim and her kid’s hostage threatening to wipe out the family if they raised the alarm.
During the robbery, Oladiran proceeded to the Kitchen, prepared a sumptuous meal, ate to his satisfaction, and ordered the lady to prepare for sex.
The lady, who preferred death to be abused in front of her kids, jumped down from their first-story apartment and raised the alarm, which attracted her neigbours and they apprehended the suspect.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Zone 2, Command, Onikan, Lagos, DSP Hauwa Idris Adamu, said the suspect, with no fixed address, used to go around Ikorodu, Lagos, looking for phones, laptops or other gadgets to snatch: “He has been putting up with his girlfriend who works in a hotel as a waitress, with whom he has a child. Whenever the lady was not available, Tope hanged around the hotel premises.
“The last operation, which led to his arrest was when he preyed on a woman at Ori-Okuta, Agric area of Ikorodu, on March 29, 2020. Tope was unable to rob the woman of her mobile phone before she went into her compound but he somehow got to know that the woman lived alone with her two children.
“Tope hanged around until later in the night, when he scaled the fence to gain entrance into the compound and was able to enter the building through the kitchen. He went upstairs and hit the woman. The frightened woman pleaded for her life and that of her children and offered him her phone and laptop.
“The suspect ransacked the flat, found some frozen food stocked in the freezer and boiled some for himself, went to the victim and told her all he was doing in the kitchen while he threatened to have unlawful carnal knowledge of the woman when he was done eating what he was preparing in the kitchen.
“While he returned to the kitchen to dish what he had cooked, the helpless woman jumped from upstairs, raised the alarm, and called out for help. The suspect then escaped with the woman’s phone.
“The case was reported to operatives of the Zonal Monitoring Unit, who, after several attempts, was able to arrest the suspect through native intelligence in the Akute axis of Lagos where he was relaxing in a hotel. The investigation is ongoing and the suspect will be charged to court.”
