Police arrested a man known as Fatai, who is a brother to
another member of the gang, who is still at large, has identified the arrested
suspect in the controversial case. Police believe he is out in the public
continuing to rape young women in Bariga.
Saharareporters has learned that the men of the Bariga
Police Division, led by their DPO, Mr. Edmund Afraimu, took up the matter and
swung into action after the sexual attack was reported at the Station earlier
in the week.
One victim of the notorious rapist gang, who spoke to a
SaharaTV crew in an interview, said she
contracted the much feared virus from the rape experience.
She said she went for a sexually transmitted disease test
after her experience, and was horrified by the results which found that she had
contracted HIV.
She said that in January, a five-man gang threatened her
with a gun at about 5.30am, as she set out to go to work. The gang took her
into the premises of a house on Odunsi Street, where she was raped. At about
same time, she said there was another female victim also being raped, and a
male victim, who were robbed at gun point.
Aside from her own molestation, she said her telephone, and
money, were also seized by the gang, and that she saw her phone being used by
them two days after the incident, in broad daylight.
At first, she said, she decided not to make any trouble with
the gang, or make any pronouncements about the incident. Yet, after the results
of the test, she did. She was stunned after the incident that showed her health
status as now HIV positive to the virus. She then decided to raise alarm about
the incident, and identify the gang responsible.
The victim also said she believes that there are many other victims, who like her, may have decided to keep quiet to avoid shame. But she advised everyone living in Bariga, and anyone who has any affair with men living what she described as “an indecent life,” that they should seriously consider going for a health check-up to ascertain their overall health status regarding HIV.
