Taxi drivers rape, rob Female passengers in Bayelsa

 

The police have nabbed two taxi drivers, Nathan Ogbara, 33 and Justin Amos, 32, for raping and robbing their female passenger in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. .
The suspects were arrested at Tombia Roundabout Yenagoa while fleeing the crime scene. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Asinim Butswat, said the mobile handset of the victim was recovered from the suspects. .He said: “On 1st April 2018, at about 0200hrs, police were alerted that a young girl was sexually assaulted and her phone was stolen from her by two men operating a taxi, at opposite Jubilee hotel, Kpansia, Yenagoa. .

The victim, 22, reported that she contacted one Nathan to drop her at her house at Agudama Epie, after she participated in a dance competition at a car wash. The suspect, called one Justin to join him. .Along the road, opposite Jubilee hotel, the suspects parked their cars and dragged the girl to a nearby bush and raped her.

They took her phone and zoomed off towards Tombia Roundabout.Consequently, a police patrol team arrested the suspects and recovered the stolen handset. Their taxis have been impounded and investigation is ongoing.“