Police arrest ex-convict for raping woman, after threatening her with toy gun

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested an ex-convict, Emeka Okeke for allegedly threatening a 36-year-old woman with a toy gun and thereafter raping her.

The ex-convict, 28, was said to have waylaid the woman with a toy gun on her way home at about 9pm on the said day.

Nicknamed ‘Aso-Rock, the suspect reportedly threatened to kill the victim with a toy gun tucked in his waist should she refuse his request, after which he led her to a nearby unoccupied building and later to a school where he had sex with her several times.

Okeke was nabbed following a complaint by the victim to the police.

Confirming the incidence, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, said the suspect was trailed and arrested by police detectives in conjunction with a vigilance group attached to Opuno community.

The PPRO said: “On May 7, 2020, a 36-year-old woman resident at UNIZIK temp-site Awka, reported at B Division Awka that at about 9pm of May 6, while departing with her friend at Okochi Okpuno, a man later identified as Emeka Okeke (28) alias ‘Aso Rock’ followed her closely, raised his shirt to show her a ‘gun’ tucked in his waist, and threatened to shoot her dead if she did not submit herself to his demand for sex.

“Consequently, the frightened victim, believing it was a real gun, and under the fear of being shot dead, followed him to a building in Okochi where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

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“Again, while being led out of the venue, the suspect forcefully led her to the premises of Community Primary School, where he had another rounds of sex with the victim.”

Mohammed further disclosed that the victim was taken to hospital for medical examination and treatment, adding that the suspect, who he described as ‘a notorious offender who recently returned from the correctional centre Awka over alleged case of manslaughter”, had been detained.

The police spokesman also disclosed that the Commissioner of Police in the state, John Abang, had ordered the transfer of the case to the State Criminal investigation Department Awka for discreet investigation after which suspect would be charged to court.

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