Parents and family members of the two teenage girls that were raped by five suspects have raised an alarm over the whereabouts of the girls two days to the adjournment date.
It would be recalled that five suspects, Bode Akinsiku, Olabanji Femi, Abiodun Ayodele, Fadairo Wahab, and Adedayo Adebayo, were alleged to have lured the two teenagers to the house of one of the suspects located at Kogbona street in the town where they were raped.
The suspects after allegedly had the carnal knowledge of the victims stripped them naked, torture,videotaped them and later posted the same video on the social media.
Though, the five suspects, were arrested by the police and they were subsequently arraigned before a Chief Magistrate court in the town where they were remanded in prison custody.
One of the mother of the girls, Mrs. Veronica Glory, said the whereabouts of her daughter had been shrouded in secrecy since the beginning of the case.
She expressed the belief that her daughter was in the police custody.
According to her”The whereabouts of my daughter is sketchy and unknown to me, I would have raised the alarm since all these days, but my belief was that my daughter and her friend were save, but not until yesterday when an information came to me at the market that my daughter and her friend have been allegedly taking to unknown destination by the family of the suspect apparently to frustrate the proceeding of the case.
Mrs. Glory called on the public spirited individuals, religious organisations, human rights activists as well as the Nigeria Police to wade into the matter and locate the whereabouts of her daughter,to guard against any attempt to frustrate the case.
Similarly, the mother of the second teenage girl,Mrs Margaret Idowu, also raised the alarm and explained that the whereabouts of her own daughter was unknown.
She explained that since the alleged video was showed to her, she has been in distress, noting that the video apart from being abuse of human rights,will also affect the future of the victims.
Mrs Idowu said”I have not seen my daughter since the beginning of the matter,I was told that the police have taken them to Akure for safety , but an information came to us yesterday afternoon that my daughter and the other girl has been allegedly taken to an unknown destination by the family of the victims”.
She called on the police to intensify efforts and ensure that the girls were provided on the day of the case, saying the move would ensure that the case does not swept under the carpet.
Mrs. Glory equally threatened to organise women to protest against the whereabouts of the two teenage girls, if they were not present in the court on the day of the next adjournment.
Also speaking , an Ondo based human right activist, Otunba Muyideen Olamoyegun, said the disappearance of the two teenagers was a deliberate actions to frustrate the case in court.
The right activist threatened to sue the authority of Nigeria Police, if the victims failed to show up at the court.
According to him,he would employ the services of legal practitioners to prosecute the police on the matter.
