A 24 year-old woman has been
raped in Lagos State, western
Nigeria by three officers of the
Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI,
after she refused to pay a bribe
of N10,000, P.M NEWS reports.
According to the report, the
alleged KAI officers, identified as
Benjamin Akinade, Olayinka
Olowu and Adebayo Ayeni, have
been remanded in the custody of
the Lagos State Taskforce on
Environmental and Special
Offences (Enforcement) Unit and
will soon be charged to court.
It was gathered that the officers
were arrested by KAI authorities
after the affected woman (name
withheld) reported the rape case
to officers at KAI’s headquarters
in Ikeja, Lagos.
The incident was said to have
happened after the woman
crossed the expressway instead
of using the pedestrian bridge at
Ojota area of Lagos State.
The accused KAI officials
According to the victim, the
officers arrested her for breaking
the traffic law but later
demanded for N10,000 bribe to
set her free.
She added that the officers
threatened that if she did not
bribe them, she would be sent to
prison.
The victim claimed when she
could not pay the money, she
was advised to “use” what she
has to bail herself out of being
jailed.
She added that the officers
intimidated her and took her to
an undisclosed hotel where she
was raped.
Confirming the incident, one of
KAI’s administrators, Onipede
Offi, informed that the case has
been handed over to the Lagos
State Task Force, Alausa for
proper investigation and
possible prosecution.
Offi said the management of KAI
has resolved to bring sanity into
the system and would not relent
in achieving this goal.
“We will make sure that the
officers are punished if they are
found guilty of the offence. This
will serve as deterrent to others
who also collect bribe or harass
commuters,” he said.
Taskforce Chairman, Bayo
Sulaiman, a Chief Superintendent
of Police, stated that the officers
will be charged to court to face
prosecution.
“No government would condone
criminal acts. They are just like
common criminals if found guilty.
So the law will take its course on
them.
“They threatened to jail or have
carnal knowledge of someone
they arrested.
“They reportedly raped the lady
and there are others who also
are in the habit of committing
this crime but we don’t have
information about them now. We
will charge these officers to
court,” he said.
Sulaiman disclosed that the KAI
officers were posted to Iyana
Ipaja, but went to Ojota to extort
money from unsuspecting
commuters.
He warned other officers who
engage in this criminal act to
change their ways or face the
consequences.
KAI Brigade is the Law
Enforcement Unit of the Lagos
State Ministry of the Environment.
It was established on 3rd
November 2003 by the then
Governor of the State Asiwaju
Bola Hameed Tinubu. The
Brigade was established to
enforce the Environmental
Sanitation Law of Lagos State.

Source: www.naij.com/306260-three-kai-officials-rape-24-year-old-lady-in-lagos.html

Kai indeed.Stewpeeed