Yoruba guy rapes girl he met on Facebook; how he lured her with N15,000

Taiwo Oluwatobi, 26, has been arrested by the
Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly luring
his Facebook lover to his house, and raping her.
Punch newspaper reports that Taiwo met the 24-
year-old victim, Temitope, on Facebook. He had
allegedly lured her to his house in the Alagomeji,
Yaba area of the state to collect N15,000, during
which he raped her.
It was gathered that the incident happened at the
suspect’s friend’s rented apartment on Queens
Street, Alagomeji, on Monday, November 30, and
the visit was Oluwatobi and Temitope’s first
meeting.
It was gathered that the victim, who worked as a
printer in the Mushin area, told Oluwatobi, who
she reportedly met on Facebook around June
2015, that she needed N15,000 to settle a debt.
The suspect was said to have invited the lady to
Alagomeji, to meet each other and also collect
the money.
Temitope was said to have arrived at the
apartment around 6pm and left at about 8pm,
during which Oluwatobi allegedly raped her.
The victim was said to have reported the matter
to the Anti-Robbery Squad of the State
Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
Speaking with Punch , Oluwatobi, who worked as
a caterer, however claimed it was consensual
sexual intercourse, adding that he saw the lady
off when she was going back home. He said he
was shocked that she reported the sex as rape to
the police.
He said, “We met on Facebook some months ago.
From Facebook, we began to talk on the
telephone. That day was the first time we would
meet, and we had a sexual intercourse. She does
printing jobs and she stays in the Mushin area.
“She had asked me for N15,000, saying she had a
debt she needed to settle. I invited her to my
area. After the intercourse, she went to the
police to say I raped her. She was the one who
told the police that I was a cult member.
“The reason for her coming was that I promised
to give her N15,000 to settle someone she owed
money. We had sex and at about 8pm, she left.
My friend was not at home that time and I see
no reason to tell him that somebody visited me.
“I joined the Buccaneers Confraternity when I
was in 200-level in the university. I was just a
member. After leaving school, I quit the group.”
The friend, Adedayo, from Ijebu Ode, Ogun State,
denied any knowledge of the rape, saying he
housed Oluwatobi for a week when he
(Oluwatobi) said he had a job to do in the area.
He said, “The police accused me of housing a
cultist and his girlfriend, but I did not know
about the incident. I work in the Apapa area as a
teacher. I did not know he is a cultist. He had
come to me to assist him with accommodation,
as he had a job in our area. That was in the last
week of November.”