Woman Gang-raped By Herbalists In Osogbo

A woman(name withheld) was said to have been gang-raped by two herbalists; 32-year-old Musa Sule and Dauda Rasaq, 40. The incident occurred when the 'client'-woman visited their shrine at the Sabo area of Osogbo, Osun State, to find spiritual solution to her problem of miscarriage.

Magistrate Olusola Aluko of the Magistrate Court in Osogbo, has ordered the two herbalists accused of defrauding their client and raping her to be remanded in prison as the suspects have refused to appear in court 12 times without any cogent reason.

Musa and Rasaq have been accused of defrauding their client of N29.5m, being the amount collected from her to solve her problem.

The victim was said to have been raped when she also complained to them that she still suffered another miscarriage despite the huge money she paid and assurances given her.

The accused persons were said to have been arraigned before a court and were admitted to bail after pleading not guilty but they refused to appear before the court afterwards.

When they finally appeared, another charge was added to the initial offences. Although Sule and Rasak pleaded not guilty, they could not convince the court to grant them bail. The magistrate subsequently ordered that the duo be remanded in Ile-Ife Prison till November 5, 2013  when the case would be mentioned in court.