The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that a 17-year-old girl who accused a cop in the state of rape has been made to undergo a medical examination.
The spokesperson for the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a late-night post on his X.com page on Monday.
On July 12, the victim alleged that she was raped inside Ogudu Police Station in the Ojota area of the state.
Police Accused Of Rape
She added that the police officer had promised to help her retrieve a stolen phone, which had been taken by ‘one chance’ robbers on June 16 while she, her grandmother, and her siblings were returning from Ikeja.
The suspect reportedly overheard the teenager recounting her ordeal to her mother at her shop and offered to help track her missing phone and take her statement.
The victim also noted that she was invited into the office of the suspect in the guise of getting her phone, but the suspect rather carried out the alleged act.
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The mother of the victim, Aramide Olupona, said that her daughter began bleeding a day after the assault and was taken to the Mirabel Centre, adding that the incident was also reported to the authorities.
Olupona, however, accused the police of trying to bury the case, saying: “The suspect’s wife and the rest of his family have come to my shop to plead with me saying he would soon retire, but what about my daughter that was raped? Is it because I am a poor woman?”.