A policeman has been put under the heat after being accused of raping two minors in Port Harcourt.
The policeman, Salihu Kazeem was said to have stripped his victims, a 17-year-old girl and her friend naked, took their nude video, and afterward had carnal knowledge of them in his residence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Kazeem claims that after giving them his ATM card to get food for themselves, they stole the sum of 500,000 nairas from his account.
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Speaking to The Punch, the victim said that Kazeem had trailed them after reporting the case at Rumokpakani Police Station.
According to the victim, she was job hunting sometime in March 2022, when a friend introduced her to the policeman.
“He accused us of stealing when we returned his Automated Teller Machine card which he gave us to get something to eat after a friend introduced us to him. He claimed that he received many debit alerts and when we asked for the amount, he said N500, 000,” she narrated
“He discharged my friend and kept me and the girl that went to buy food in his house. He called his boys and told them that we were thieves
“He asked us to take off our dresses and filmed us as we were naked. He said if we don’t cooperate with him, he would spread our nude videos. He took us to a room and slept with us till the next morning.”
In a bid to deny the act, Kazeem described the girls as hook-up girls, adding that the girls used his ATM card to make several withdrawals after one of the hookups.
“When they came to my house, I gave one of them my ATM to buy food. They left with the ATM card and I didn’t see them till 11 pm. None of them called to tell me anything. The only thing I was receiving was debit alerts. I tried to reach one of them whom her friends connected me to for hook-up. She told me she gave my ATM card to another lady and said I should not be offended.”
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Confirming the incident, a lawyer with the Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign, Festus Bomwin, urged the police command in the state to investigate the case in a bid to get justice for the victims.
“We call on the Police Authority in Rivers State to order a thorough and unbiased investigation into the incident and if anyone is found culpable, the law should take its course,” he said.
The Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the state Commissioner of Police, CP Friday Eboka, had invited both parties.
“So, we are expecting them at the command today. I am sure after hearing from them, a discreet investigation will begin and the outcome will be made known to the public. Whoever is found culpable will face the law.” the PPRO added.
