Queen Okoye

There was a mild drama at the Area ‘G’ Police Command in Ogba, Lagos, when a lady stripped herself in protest over allegations that she was raped by policemen attached to the division.

The woman, identified as Queen Okoye, alleged that three policemen from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Ogba Command, had raped her.

She said the incident occurred at the station, at night, when she had gone to solicit their support to recover some money from her boyfriend.

The woman, who arrived the station in a pair of blue jeans, a pink top and shoes, removed them all except her brassiere and pant, and started raining curses on the policemen, whom she alleged raped her.

The woman held a pigeon, a cross and other fetish objects and started chanting some incantations.

While the protest lasted, policemen at the station seemed helpless as to what to do.

A large crowd gathered to watch the weird drama, and when she eventually finished and wore her clothes, the policemen used some canisters of tear gas to disperse the crowd.

At the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, where students of the school took the woman to, she narrated her ordeal to P.M.News.

She said her boyfriend, Rasheed, took N30,000 from her and all efforts to get the money from him failed. She went to the police and reported the matter and they agreed to help her.

“They later asked me to come the next day, in the evening, so that they would go to the man’s house to arrest him,” she explained.

According to Queen Okoye, when she got to the station, they told her that the operation would take place around 10 p.m., when the suspect would be at home.

She alleged that they then charmed her and she became unconscious, and when she recovered, at about 2.30 a.m, she discovered that she had been raped and blood was dripping from her private part.

She also alleged that she was two months pregnant and had been making efforts to bring the men to book, but the police had frustrated her efforts. She added that she had gone to Panti, to report the matter, but nothing came out of it. Okoye said she can identify the men who raped her.

Asked why she decided to go naked in public, she said: “The pain of the rape is tormenting me everyday. Since the police refused to attend to me because I have nobody, I decided to go spiritual so that they will pay for their action,” she explained. On what to do if the spiritual way does not work, she said she would continue to make sacrifices until the men are dead.

When contacted on the development, the Area G. Commander, Mr. Mobolaji Odesanya (ACP), said it was reported to him that a mad woman came to the command’s gate on Saturday. Reacting to the allegation that the lady was raped by three policemen in the anti-robbery department of the command, he said he was not aware of such.

He, however, stated that if the allegation was true, the lady should feel free to report the incident to him, promising to bring the culprits to book. “If truly she was raped, let her come and identify those who committed the heinous crime. But as far as I’m concerned, no such case came to my knowledge,” he stated.

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• ‘Try Police Rapists’—Nigerians Call On IG (Thursday, January 29, 2009)
  Nigerians at home and abroad have called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, to investigate and bring to book the three policemen from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Area ‘G’ Command, Ogba, Lagos, who allegedly raped Queen Okoye when she went to solicit for support to recover the money her boyfriend borrowed from her.