The Public Relations Officer of University of Ibadan, Mrs Joke Akinpelu, has confirmed the arrest of a 200-level student of the Faculty of Law for allegedly raping a 100-level colleague.
The accused, who allegedly committed the offence within the campus was reportedly apprehended by the institution’s security personnel.
She said, “Yes. He (the suspect) was with the security unit until late yesterday (Tuesday). I’m not sure he has even been released.”
She stated that the act was reported to the Dean of Students Affairs, adding that he had since swung into action.
“The veracity of the allegation will be known upon completion of the investigation,” she added.
It was gathered that the lady had gone to a night class alongside some other girls in preparation for their examination when the 200-level student committed the crime.
The victim was said to have moved away from the lecture theatre where she was reading due to power failure to take a nap at the Students’ Union building where the suspect reportedly raped her.
While narrating her ordeal, the victim said she woke up at a touch and attempted to scream but the suspect held her neck down and rendered her voiceless.
She said that luck shone on her when a student walked in and the suspect fled.
The victim, however, sustained injuries on her neck, lips (due to a bite) and her private part.
In a separate development, the Kano State Fire Service confirmed the early Wednesday fire that gutted 17 Gwale Local Government Secretariat offices.
The Public Relations Officer of the service, Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incident in Kano.
Abdullahi said the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
”We received a distress call at about 03:43 am from Abdullahi Hassan that there was a fire outbreak at Gwale Secretariat.
“Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent a fire vehicle to the scene at about 03:46 am to bring the fire under control,’’ he said.
Abdullahi said that the ground floor of about 300 x 200ft used as an office and others, totalling 17, was completely razed down.
He also said a 406 Peugeot, one Hiace bus and a station wagon ambulance were slightly burnt.
He assured that the service was investigating the cause of the fire.