The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has reportedly arrested two men for allegedly gang-raping a 22 years old National Youth Service Corps member in Uyo, the state capital.

WuzupNigeria gathered that the suspects – Ofonime Essien and Frank Okon – attacked and raped one Emmanuella Kosi when she went to charged her phone in their apartment.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer [PPRO] in the state, CSP N-Nudam Fredrick, on Tuesday said the suspects had confessed to the crime and would be charged to court.

The statement read,

“Following a complaint on 24th May 2020, by a Youth Corps member, one Emmanuella Okpala Kosi ‘f’, aged 21yrs who is on primary assignment in Uyo that she was gang-raped by one Ofonime Emmanuel Essien ‘m’, aged 25yrs of No. 15 Iba Oku Street, Uyo and Frank Okon ‘m’, Detectives of SCIID, Uyo swung into action and arrested one of the serial gang rapists, one Ofonime Emmanuel Essien ‘m’, while effort is on to arrest Frank Okon who is now at large.

“Investigation revealed that the victim visited her colleagues at No. 15 Iba Oku Street and later took her phone to the room where the suspects are living at the same address for charging and met Ofonime Emmanuel who pretended to be asleep, while Frank Okon and two girls were in the room. However, shortly after the victim left for her colleagues’ room in the same compound she was called by Frank Okon that Ofonime Emmanuel was awake. The suspects swooped down on the victim and serially gang-raped her as she entered the room.”