Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

CONSULTANCY GONE WRONG: Herbalist rapes 17-year-old client

The rape survivor was among a group of apprentices who paid #700 each to the herbalist to consult him over a missing #1000 in their workplace.
Rape
Rape

THE Ogun State Police Command has arrested a herbalist identified as Samson Ogundele for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl who visited him for consultation.

According to media reports, the accused was arrested on July 27, 2022, following a complaint lodged at the Oja-Odan divisional police Headquarters against him by the victim, who was among other girls that visited him for consultation into a theft ‘investigation'.

Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the rape survivor, who is a hairdressing apprentice, had approached the herbalist along with nine others after #1000 went missing at their place of work. The visit was to ascertain who amongst them stole the money.

“On getting to the herbalist, he started calling them into a room one after the other after collecting #700 from them.

“The complainant stated further that the first and second person entered and came out. When it was her turn, she entered and the herbalist tried to rape her,” Oyeyemi said.

Upon her complaint, the DPO of the Oja-Odan division, CSP Gabriel Ikechukwu, sent detectives after the suspect and got him arrested.

“It was while interrogating him that one of the girls, who is 17 years old confessed that the herbalist had already had carnal knowledge of her when she met him at the consulting room,” it was gathered.

The victim had stated further that the herbalist threatened that she would die if she informed anybody about the incident.

“The herbalist himself has confessed to the commission of the crime,” Oyeyemi stated.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Lanre Bankole, has directed that Ogundele should be transferred to the State CID for further investigation and diligent prosecution.