One of the nine boys defiled by a serial gay rapist,Ovie Oktogbo, 43 years
has reportedly died in Benin City, Edo State capital.
It was gathered that the victim, simply identified as Jeffrey, died on Thursday as a result of the corrosive effect of the bleach the rapist used on his victims, which affected their vital organs.
Jeffrey was said to be 13 years old.
Recall that the Edo State Police Command, had on Wednesday announced the arrest of the 43-year old Ovie Oktogbo, who specialises in raping male teenagers in Ugbowo axis of Benin City.
The Command, had in a statement by the state Command Spokeman, Kontongs Bello, said, Oktogbo, an indigene of Delta State, was arrested after one of his victims, a 13-year old fell ill.
The statement read: “On the 10/02/2022 at about 18:00hrs, the Edo State Police Command arrested one Ovie Oktogbo ‘M’ (43) of No. 15 Ugboguhi Street Off Uwasota, Ugbowo, Benin City, an indigene of Delta State but resident in Benin City. The suspect a father of three who also works as a guard in the area specializes in raping male children/ teenagers between the ages of 10 to 15 years.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the rapist specializes in using N100 to N200 to lure his unsuspected victims and have an unnatural carnal knowledge of them through their anus by applying Caro-White bleaching cream on both
his manhood and the victims anus as the case may be for easy penetration.“Luck ran out on him as one of his victim ‘M’ 13years (name withheld) fell ill with swollen feet, face and pus all over his body. Medical examination revealed that his liver and kidney are damaged as a result of a certain chemical contained in bleaching cream.
“Upon further enquiry by the victim parents, he confessed that a certain man in the area had carnal knowledge of him, it was in that process that he applied cream in his anus, hence the report to the police.
“On receipt of the information, the operatives of the command arrested Oktogbo who is cooperating with investigating officers.
“He confessed to have defiled nine boys, six of whom have already been identified and their parents also made formal complaint to the Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu, while three are yet to be identified.
The CP, while lamenting over the behaviour of the suspect, reminded parents, guardians as well as the society of “our social responsibility of guiding, protecting and teaching these young children and boys the way of life.”
He said the society could only thrive when children were protected from the menace of immoral/ criminal members of the society.
Confirming the death of Jeffrey, Kontongs said, “That’s true sir, he died on Thursday and the family have filed fresh charges against the man”.
