By JOY AKINSANYA

The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old woman in Ijebu-Igbo.

The command’s Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Opeyemi Oluborode disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta.

Oluborode said the incident occurred on Aug. 30 at the victim’s residence in Odo-Idi Sale, Oke Sopen in Ijebu-Igbo.

He said that the suspect was arrested following a formal report lodged at the Ijebu-Igbo Division on Tuesday at about 10:10 a.m. by the victim’s mother.

According to him, police operatives visited and secured the scene, while the victim was taken to the General Hospital for medical examination and care.

He said the police subsequently arrested one of the suspects, identified as Ayomide Kamula, 20, while his alleged accomplice, Boye Balogun, remains at large.

“Kamula is currently in police custody undergoing interrogation, while intelligence-led efforts have been intensified to apprehend the fleeing suspect.

“The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation and prosecution,” he said.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Bode Ojajuni, however, condemned the alleged incident and reiterated the command’s zero-tolerance stance on sexual and gender-based violence.

Ojajuni assured the victim’s family and the public that the command would conduct a thorough investigation and ensure that anyone found culpable faces the law.

He urged residents with credible information that could assist the police in apprehending the fleeing suspect to contact the command. (NAN, excluding headline)