Army Hand Over Randy Soldier To Police

The Military authorities have handed over the soldier, who allegedly raped a student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, to the Ondo State Police Command for prosecution.

The victim, a 300-level student of the Department of Religious and African Studies of the university was allegedly gang-raped by soldiers attached to the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, at Ikare, Akoko.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the soldier allegedly raped the student inside a shed at the checkpoint, when she was returning from school. It was reported earlier in the media that the student was gang-raped but investigations by the Nigerian Army revealed that only one of the soldiers reportedly committed the offence.

Before handing over the suspect, who was identified as Sunday Adelola, to the Police, he had reportedly been dismissed from the service by the Nigeria Army.

The Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, Brig. Gen. Zakari Abubakar, had earlier promised to transfer the case to the Police after the alleged randy soldier must have been sacked and investigation concluded.

Abubakar, while speaking with journalists said justice would be done on the matter, saying the Army would try the suspect internally and if found guilty, the suspect’s uniform would be removed after which he would be transferred to the Police for further investigation and prosecution.

It was equally confirmed from a source in the Army barracks that the suspect, Sunday Adelola, had been sacked before he was handed over to the Police.

When contacted, the Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph, confirmed the development and said that the suspect would soon be charged to court.

He said, “I can confirm to you that the soldier has been handed over to us; he will soon be charged to court,” Femi Joseph stated.