A suspected armed robber has told the Police in Lagos State he raped wives in the presence of their husbands if they do not have money to give him.
The suspect, one Adeniyi Ajayi aka Ogologo, was paraded on Thursday by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.
Odumosu told reporters that on 16 June 2020, around 1:55 pm, some workers of a company reported at Sabo Police Station that Ajayi, on the same day, forcefully gained entrance into the building.
The suspect, 27, told them he had members of his gang outside the premises.
Adeniyi tied their hands and legs and robbed them of their four phones, two laptops and ATM card.
He then raped one of the female staff.
The criminal was later arrested in a hotel at Ijora Badia by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
The Police recovered the stolen phones.
Adeniyi admitted that he operates alone and was recently released from prison custody.
The suspect confessed to a series of robberies and rape he single-handedly committed around Sabo and its environs.
The Police said during investigation, more than eight female victims affirmed that the suspect robbed and raped them in the presence of their husbands and family members.
CP Odumosu added that Adeniyi specialised in robbing victims of phones, laptops, gold jewellery and raping female victims.
The commissioner noted that he will be charged to court soon.
But Ajayi, an ex-convict who go back to crime whenever he was released from prison, pleaded with the police not to return him to prison.
He said,
“Well, I deserve death. Let the police waste me because I have nothing to offer the society.”
On Thursday, about ten ladies, including six married women, identified Ajayi as the man who raped them.
One of the ladies, a lawyer, wept uncontrollably as Ogologo confessed that he was a one-man squad.
The female lawyer who described her husband as a coward said she wanted to put up a fight with the beast, but her husband pleaded with her to cooperate with Ogologo.
Another lady was gasping for breath as she narrated how the beast raped her and her underage daughter in front of her husband.
Ogologo narrated how he single-handedly carried out his operations: “I did the operation alone. Each time I succeeded in entering victim’s houses, I would pretend as if we were many. I would called like four names, dishing out false orders that they should be on alert and shoot anyone who would resist us.
“You know that people are cowards who fear to die; with ordinary touch light, I would intimidate a household and tie them one after the other. I would tie the man of the house and sleep with his wife and daughter. I used to laugh at some men who fear to die and won’t resist me while sleeping with their wives.”
