The Ekiti State Police Command said it has arrested two men for alleged abduction, sexual assault and phone theft in the state.
According to a statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sunday Abutu, the suspects were picked up at different locations in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
The Ado Central Division, Abutu said, arrested one Ayomide Jinaidu of Omisanjana area of Ado Ekiti for abducting and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, Miracle Peter of Oke-Ibedo area, Ilawe Ekiti, a habitual phone thief, nabbed while trying to sell off three stolen phones at Fayose Market.
The police spokesperson noted that the rape victim was on her way to school when the suspect accosted and lured her into his house where she was kept and sexually harassed for about five days.
“The suspect made a confessional statement to that effect,” the statement disclosed.
He advised parents and guardians “to warn their children and wards to be mindful of where they go, those they meet and the relationship they keep” given the prevailing incidents of rapes, sexual assaults and other cases of Gender-Based Violence in the state.
“Victims are also advised to speak out immediately to enable the police to take immediate necessary action,” the PPRO stated.
Similarly, Abutu disclosed that upon a credible tip-off at about 5pm on January 24, 2025, a habitual phone thief, who was in Fayose Market attempting to sell off three stolen phones, was nabbed by operatives of the Ado Central Divisional Police.
“During an investigation, the suspect confessed that he stole the phones from three different owners at Ifaki-Ekiti. One of the owners was contacted and immediately came to reclaim his phone while an effort is ongoing to identify the other owners,” he said.
