Lagos police officer imprisoned for alleged rape of teenage girl in his office

For allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl in his office, Owolabi Akinlolu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, is cooling his heels in a Lagos prison.

The randy policeman was remanded at the Maximum Correctional Centre, Kirikiri, Lagos on the orders of an Ogba Magistrate’s Court in Ikeja on Wednesday, Persecondnews reports.

The 56-year-old policeman, who is serving at the Ogudu Police Station in Lagos, allegedly raped the survivor in his office after promising to help recover her phone, which was stolen by one-chance cab robbers while she was returning from Ikeja with her grandmother and siblings.

Akinlolu reportedly summoned the teenager to his office on June 29, claiming the police had apprehended the suspect who stole her phone two weeks earlier.

On arrival at the police station, the senior police officer allegedly locked his office door behind him and raped the teenager.

In July 2024, the survivor’s mother, Mrs Aramide Olupona, accused the police of attempting to cover up the case, revealing that the suspect’s wife and family had pleaded with her to drop the charges, as Akinlolu was set to retire in December 2024.

At the Magistrate Court 11, on Tuesday, the prosecution counsel, backed by a seven-paragraph affidavit, urged the court to remand the defendant, stating that the offence of defilement violates Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

In response to the prosecution’s request, Magistrate O.O. Fagboun ordered the defendant’s remand at the Maximum Correctional Centre.

The case has been adjourned until March 11, 2025, for trial.