A
3-man crime syndicate who specialize in abducting an r*ping women in
the South-south part of Nigeria has been busted by security operatives
after one of their victims spoke out.
The paraded culprits
Some serial r*pists apprehended in Akwa Ibom state have shockingly
told the police that they have lost count of the huge number of women
they have s*xually abused since the formation of the crime syndicate.
Reports from New Telegraph reveals that the crime suspects were
based around the Uyo metropolis where they deployed the use of
commercial motorcyles to hypnotize and abduct female victims.
Parading members of the gang at the weekend at the State Command Headquarters, Uyo , the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO ), ASP Cordelia Nwawe, said they were apprehended by a team of Special Anti- Robbery (SARS) and State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) following a tip - off by one of their victims.
The suspects, Utebe Archibong (29 ), Charles Essien (27 ) and James Etim (24 ), the PPRO said, succeeded because the victim (name withheld ) said one of her abductors pretended to be a commercial tricycle rider, while the remaining two pretended to be passengers.
According to Nwawe, the victim, a University of Uyo student, while aboard the tricycle, was hypnotised and then taken to a place where she was r*ped several times. Thereafter, the suspects made her to swear to an oath never to reveal the incident to anyone, else she would die.
But she summoned the courage and narrated her ordeal to her roommates in the hostel who advised her to report the incident to the police who swooped on the r*pists.
The suspects, who confessed to the crime, said many young women had fallen prey to their pranks. The suspects said they had been raping for a very long time. They are currently being prepared for prosecution in the court of law as their statements have been taken by the police.
