The Nigerian Police Force, Ondo State
Police Command has paraded a
suspected rapist, Stephen John, a
farmer in Ore, Odigbo council area of
the state who confessed that he derived
“pleasure raping old women on their
farms.”
Stephen was arrested by police
detectives in the state after he raped a
woman, Fatima Yahaya, who was sent
on an errand.
He reportedly grabbed the victim and
dragged her into the bush where he
had carnal knowledge of her.
Police sources said that the suspect
always laid an ambush for his victims
in the farm while he pretended to be
working.
Parading the suspect alongside 12
others for criminal activities across the
state, the Commissioner of Police, Bolaji
Salami, described the suspect as a serial
rapist, adding that he ambushed and
raped women in their farms within the
Ore axis.
Salami said, “On August 5, 2021, one
Oluwakemi Isaac of Tajudeen Street in
Ore, came to Ore Police Station and
reported that on same date, she sent
her daughter, Fatima Yahaya, on an
errand, and on her way, one Stephen
John saw her, grabbed and dragged her
into the bush and raped her.
“After the suspect was arrested and
taken to Ore Police Station, three
women came and reported him as the
one who raped them at their different
farmlands, using a cutlass to frighten
them into submission.”
During an interview with Vanguard, the
suspect said he derived pleasure from
raping old women in the farm.
“I just derived pleasure in sleeping with
old women and especially in the farm. I
just enjoy it with them and in that
particular place. You know that old
women don’t have the strength to
struggle with me and they can’t shout
much and the farm is usually a lonely
place.
“Immediately I raise the cutlass, the
women will be helpless and I will have
my way after which I will run away,”
he said.
Meanwhile, the police commissioner
said that the suspect would soon be
charged to court.