By Uzair Adam Imam
The police in Ogun State have arrested a 25-year-old man, Ebenezer Adeshina, for raping and intimidating a 16-year-old Facebook friend.
Adeshina allegedly invited the victim to his house, where he had intoxicated and raped her.
After having raped the girl, Adeshina also took the victim’s nude pictures and started threatening to make them public if the girl refused to give him the sum of N50,000.
The girl confided in the police that she met the guy on Facebook last year, and since then, they have been chatting with each other.
She said because her phone got spoilt, the suspect called her with a promise to give her N30,000 for the phone’s repair.
However, no sooner had the girl arrived at his house than the suspect offered her a drugged drink which she took and became unconscious, after which the rape followed.
The police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Monday that the suspect was arrested following a report by the victim at Owode Egbado Division.
The statement read in part: “After having sex with her in the state of unconsciousness, the suspect took her nude pictures and started threatening to upload them on social media if she didn’t pay him the sum of N50,000.”
