Sunday John, a 27 year old leader of a 4 man
robbery gang and serial rapist, arrested at Charity Bus Stop by operatives of
the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command, has confessed to
have led 3 other members of his gang to rape nine women in the last two weeks.
The suspect, a bus conductor in Oshodi from Akwa Ibom was arrested in
Charity Bus Stop around
5:38 a.m. on Wednesday in company of his two gang members by the
Decoy Team of the Rapid Response Squad.
The names of his gang members are Saviour Daniel (23), Daniel Olayemi (18)
and Abdulwahab Yusuph (17).
The operatives had on Tuesday evening arrested one of John’s colleagues
while fighting with another group of boys over a Samsung tablet in Oshodi.
The suspect, Daniel Olayemi, a member of John’s gang, had disclosed to
interrogators that he stole the tablet from a lady that was gang raped during
one of their escapades in Charity Bus stop.
The revelation prompted early morning raid of Charity Bus Stop near Oshodi,
where three other members of the gang were arrested.
Olayemi, in his disclosure to investigators revealed that they were four in
John’s gang. He noted that in the last two weeks, the gang robbed 12 passers -
by and raped no fewer than nine ladies in the bush at Charity Bus Stop.
“I have followed him to more than 12 operations. We were always operating at
Charity Bus Stop from
4:00 a.m. to 5:40 a.m. Our last operation was on a lady
of about 57 years old. She was passing by Charity Bus Stop. I snatched her hand
bag and disappeared into the bush.
I came out of the bush to see three of my colleagues having sex with the
lady. I hid the best of three phones I found in the lady’s bag. I disclosed to
them that I saw two small phones and N8, 000:00 in the lady’s bag”, he stated.
He continued, “we had in a similar circumstance days before, raped a 42 year
old lady at the same spot when we didn’t see any valuable from her bag. We took
turns to rape her, then, we allowed her to go.
In all the rape cases, John takes the initiative and the lead. He dragged
the ladies into the bush before calling us to take our turns. He is the leader
of the gang. None of us dare challenge him. He doesn’t share with us whatever
we made from the robberies. That was why I stole the Samsung tablet from that
lady”, he added.
“We also robbed men too. I participated in the robbery of about three men at
the charity Bus Stop. In all the instances, John took a commanding lead,
seizing the victims and dragging them into the bush where we either rape or
took their valuables”, he noted.
On his own, Saviour Daniel said, “I didn’t partake in all the raping. I was
only involved on three occasions. John was the one who dragged them into the
bush and undress them. He took the lead and ordered us to take turns.
He is our leader. He is stronger than us and he instructed us to have sex
with them. Whenever, he is exhausted, he ordered us to take our turn. I go
after him. It is the youngest of us, Olayemi that came last. At times, they
distanced themselves whenever we were taking turns".
Compelled by the revelations of his colleagues,
Sunday John explained “in the last two weeks, we had
robbed and dragged nine women between the ages of 27 years to 57 years into
bush and rape them”.
“We took turns to rape them. While our primary aim was to steal their
valuables, I have been having raping most of them after robbing them. It is
true that it has been my idea but we have all been doing it together”, he
revealed.
“After robbing the ladies, I dragged them into the nearby bush. If they are
younger ladies, I carry her into the bush. Like, about 24 year old lady I
carried into the bush two weeks ago.
After taking our turns on her, they (colleagues) all ran away. They took all
she had on her. When they were gone, all her dress was all messed up. I took
her to where she cleaned up.
She couldn’t even find her shoes. I got new set of slippers for her before I
gave her N500 transport money, and to where she boarded a bus to Iyana
Ipaja", he said.
“Whenever, we take a lady, we normally rape them but not all women. Most of
those we raped were between 24 years to late 50s, like a mama we raped last
Sunday, she was in her late 50s”, he maintained.
He added, “we are not the only gang that operate there. I know of about
three other gangs that rob there. Some groups of boys come from Agbado and
Agege to operate at Charity Bus Stop. They operate in the evening.
RRS Decoy team, it was learnt have placed it surveillance team in Charity
Bus Stop with the hope of arresting other gangs mentioned by
Sunday John.
Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer,
Superintendent Dolapo Badmos, said that the suspects have made very useful
suggestions to enable the police arrest other group members implicated in the
crime.
The suspects have been transferred to SCID for further investigations.
