SUSPECTED CULTISTS RAPE DELSU UNDERGRADUATE, OTHERS…

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A suspected gang of rapists on Saturday raped an
undergraduate of the Delta State University in
Abraka.
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PUNCH reports that the victim identified as Cecilia
(surname withheld) of the Department of Sociology
was among four other girls who surrendered
themselves to be raped by the men.
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The rapists numbering over 20 were alleged to have
ambushed the girls on their way home from evening
church service.
Although three other victims were said to have
escaped after the first round of sex, Cecilia, the last
victim, could not as the rapists allegedly swooped on
her after she was threatened with gun before she
was raped.
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Another version of the story alleged that some of the
girls, who were raped, were members of a cult group
called Ake Confraternity and did not know that rape
was part of the initiation rite.
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The victims, according to sources, only knew when
they got to the initiation ground, where they were
threatened that anyone who refused would be killed
by other members.
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But the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs.
Celestina Kalu, who confirmed the incident, said the
police stormed an uncompleted building where a
victim was being raped by a member of the gang.
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Four other girls, according to the PPRO, were waiting
for their turn as part of the initiation into a cult
group.
Kalu disclosed that four of the suspected rapists were
arrested while the girls were rescued and the
severely injured victim taken to the hospital for
treatment.
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“The Divisional Police Officer, Abraka Division,
received information that a girl was crying in an
uncompleted building in the bush.
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Based on the report, detectives stormed the
building and found out that a cult group known as
‘Ake’ was conducting initiation of new members
and that one of the girls was being raped as part of
initiation rites while others were waiting for their
turn to be initiated.