22-Year-Old Keke Napep Rider Arrested For Raping A Female Passenger

Rasaq Taoheed, a 22-year-old Keke Napep Rider (tricycle rider), was arrested by Ogun State police officers for allegedly raping his female passenger and taking her valuables.

According to a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, he was apprehended after police received a distress call at the Ifo division around 4 a.m. on Monday.

His middle-aged passenger, who was said to have boarded the Keke Napep (tricycle) at Iyana Coker in Ifo, had complained that Taoheed was taking her to an unknown location.

On interrogation, the victim explained to the police that she boarded the tricycle from Pakoto bus stop, going to Iyana Coker, but the suspect suddenly brought out a locally-made pistol with which he threatened to shoot her if she didn’t cooperate.

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She stated further that the suspect took her to Olose Primary School, Ifo, where he raped her at gunpoint. After raping her, the suspect also deprived her of her money before putting her back on the Keke Napep and starting to head in another direction.

But on getting to the Aritameje area, she sighted some people and she raised an alarm, which led to the arrest of the suspect.

“The suspect confessed to the commission of the crime,” Oyeyemi said, adding that they said tricycle and pistol were recovered from him.