Daily Trust reports suggesta that a 29 year old man identified as Ime Titus is being detained by the police at the Homicide Unit of the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti-Yaba, Lagos over the death of his sister-in-law. Ime who was arrested by policemen attached to Epe Division was alleged to have raped his wife’s sister to death.This incident came barely two weeks after a young lady was allegedly raped to death by a middle aged man at Alaba Rago area of Ojo, Lagos.
The incident happened in a forest at Epe where Ime allegedly trailed the victim to her father’s farm where he raped her to death.
Police source at Epe alleged that the suspect claimed that he assaulted the deceased due to her constant refusal to sleep with him.
The suspect was alleged to have ran into the forest after the rape and hid there for four days.
He however came out of his hiding when he could not bear the hunger anymore and reported himself to his family who then handed him over to the police for prosecution.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Joseph Jaiyeoba, while confirming the arrest said the matter was at SCID and that investigation was still ongoing.
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