Three Keke NAPEP riders nabbed for alleged gang rape of minor

Operatives of the Bayelsa State police command have arrested three commercial tricycle riders popularly known as Keke NAPEP over the alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Yenagoa.

The minor was reportedly gang-raped by the men in an uncompleted building along Azikoro village road.

The incident, which was carried out a fortnight ago, was reported to the police at Azikoro after a Speak Up campaign initiated by the Dise Ogbise Foundation (DOF). It was gathered that the victim, names withheld, was threatened with death by the three tricyclists.

The victim told the coordinator of DOF, Dise Ogbise-Erhisere, during the advocacy to schools how she was raped. Ogbise-Erhisere, a legal practitioner and chairperson of Sagbama branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), disclosed that over 20 cases of rape and defilements were recorded during the campaign.

The Guardian, Friday 15, March.

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