Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a medical doctor, Olayode Akangbe Shakiru, for alleged assault and rape of a teenage girl.
Dr Shakiru was arrested by a team of policemen from Oke-Baale Police Division in Osogbo after the family members of the 18-year-old girl reported the matter at the police station.
According to the Guardian report, Shakiru had approached the victim (name withheld) while walking on the road and offered to give her a lift to her destination. Before dropping her off at Oke-Fia Area of Osogbo, the medical practitioner collected her phone number.
Few days after the duo started exchanging text messages, Shakiru allegedly promised to get a job for the teenage admission-seeker so that she could raise money for her studies.
It was gathered that the suspect invited the girl to his house at Ilesa Garage area of Osogbo last Wednesday to sign the purported job form and allegedly raped her after rendering her powerless with repeated blows and strangulation.
The victim explained that she finished her secondary school education in 2023 and was making efforts to get a job in order to save up for further studies at a tertiary institution.
Narrating her ordeal during an interview, the teenager said she left the Osunjela community of the state to Osogbo to search for a job and while roaming the streets, Shakiru, who was riding a car, saw her and offered to assist her.
She said: “Last week Friday, I was going towards Oke-Fia Area of Osogbo and I wanted to board a commercial motorcycle. The man (Shakiru) approached me while driving his car along Olonkoro area and offered to give me a lift to my destination.
He introduced himself to me as Doctor Olayode Akangbe Shakiru and showed me some of his medical documents so that I can believe him.
“Before I alighted at Oke-Fia, he collected my phone number. When I got home that day, he sent me a text message. On Tuesday, he sent me a message on Whatsapp asking about my daily activities and if I had work I was doing. I told him I do stay at home with my parents and that I am still trying to gain admission into tertiary institution. I told him that I need a job that will enable me save up for my school admission.
not locate the house when the police took her there to arrest the suspect, adding, “We then took the Police to Atoke Hospital in Igbona Area where he claimed to be working. The nurses at the hospital said Shakiru comes once a while to attend to patients.”
“On Thursday, last week, he was arrested by the police along the road while returning to Osogbo from Ipetumodu along Ile-Ife road. When he took the police to his house in Osogbo, a pair of my sister’s earrings that fell off was found there.”
When the Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, was contacted, she confirmed the rape incident and said investigation was being carried out by the police.
Opalola added that the medical doctor has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further actions.
