An Instagram user identified by the police in Kwara State as Asiwaju Micheal has allegedly drugged and raped a female undergraduate of the University of Ilorin.
The Command’ s Police Public Relations Officer , Akayi Okasanmi, in an interview with our correspondent in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday, said the victim, whose name was withheld and Michael had met on the social media platform and started a relationship.
He said the victim had, in her statement , claimed that their relationship was not amorous until Michael invited her to a hotel .
Okasanmi said, “ He later drugged the girl and slept with her . While she was unconscious , he took photographs of her nude body. When the girl woke up , she found out that the guy had raped her . She left in annoyance and vowed not to come back to him .
“ When the girl left , the guy called her for sex . When the girl refused , he threatened to expose her nude pictures to the public. The girl went to him and pleaded with him to delete the pictures . He made love to her and went on to forward one of the pictures to the girl’ s father . But the picture was intercepted by the lady’ s older brother who was in possession of the father ’s phone at that time.”
The PPRO said that after the student returned to school , Michael continued to threaten her .
He said the victim spoke to her pastor about what she was going through and the latter advised her to play along so that the suspect could be arrested . Michael was eventually tricked to come to Ilorin and later, arrested in a hotel .
Okasanmi said, “ We laid a trap for him . He called the lady at about 12 . 30 pm and told her to meet him somewhere . Maybe he sensed that something was amiss . But eventually we arrested him in a hotel and took him to my office . By that time it was late .
“ I asked an officer from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to take his statement and he confessed . I collected one of his cell phones , searched and found some of the lady ’s nude pictures in it . We made him to write a statement confirming what he did .
“ Later , I left the SCIID officer to watch the suspect , while I went home to dress because we were expecting one of our principal officers from Abuja and we were to receive him at the airport at about 8am. By the time I returned to the office , the suspect had disappeared. The CID officer told me that he left him in the care of other people . For that reason , the boy defaulted and he is going to face trial. ”
When contacted, the Deputy Director , Corporate Services , Unilorin , Mr. Kunle Akogun , declined to comment on the matter. He said , “I have no comment . It is a police matter. ”
Source: Punch Newspaper

A University of Ilorin female student has narrated how a man she met on Instagram drugged, had sex and took her nude pictures in a Lagos hotel.
Crying profusely while speaking with the NAN on Sunday in Ilorin, the lady said she met the man through social media network (Instagram), where the relationship started.
“He asked for a relationship which I was reluctant to accept but I accepted,” the UNILORIN student said.
“I met him for the first time in Lagos when I was on holiday. He later invited me to a hotel in Ojo area of Lagos, that was when I met him for the second time.
“It was when I was preparing to return to school, so he demanded sex which I turned down.
“He promised me N15,000 and transferred it to me, we had a drink but I noticed I was dizzy.
“So it was when one of the hotel waiters brought a condom that I started to cause a scene before people came to my rescue.
“Later that day, he called and threatened to send nude pictures he took of me to my Daddy, I was surprised how he got my father’s number.
“It was because of the threat that I had to go to him again to have sex and to ask him to delete all the pictures but he again said he had a video of when we were having sex.
“I couldn’t confront my parents because I was scared and told my pastor, so it was my pastor that reported the matter to the police.”
She described the man as a devil who had taught her a painful lesson.
Confirming the incident, Kwara police spokesman, Ajayi Okasanmi, told NAN that the suspect was arrested but escaped during interrogation.
“We invited the suspect to Ilorin with the help of the lady he was threatening.
“We arrested him and seized the phone which has the nudes pictures.
“So, we asked an officer to go and search where he lodged in Ilorin only for him to escape in the process and we have not seen him till date,” Okasanmi explained.
Okasanmi said that the suspect later went on social media claiming that he collected money from him [Okasanmi].
The Kwara police spokesman challenged the suspect to come out and sue him if his claims were true.