A policeman identified as Salihu Kazeem, has been accused of raping a 17-year-old girl and her friend at his residence in the Port Harcourt area of Rivers State.
The victim, while narrating her ordeal to our newsmen, said Kazeem raped her and her friend in his apartment after accusing them of making unauthorized withdrawals to the tune of N500, 000 from his bank account.
The minor also accused Kazeem of trailing her after she reported the case at the Rumokpakani Police Station.
According to her, a friend introduced her to the policeman sometime in March while she was job hunting.
She said, “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.
“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.”
Kazeem, while reacting to the act accusation, described the victims as hook-up girls, adding that they consented to the sexual act.
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He, however, said the girls used his ATM card to make several withdrawals after one of the hookups.
He said, “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 that 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.”
Meanwhile, 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 to get justice for the victims.
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the state Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, had invited both parties.
She said, “So, we are expecting them at the command today. I am sure after hearing from them, discreet investigation will begin and the outcome will be made known to the public. Whoever is found culpable will face the law.”
