Polythecnic Rector Summoned By Police Over Student Rape Case

The Ekiti State Police Command have summoned the Rector of the Crown Polytechnic, Mr. Aderemi Oke, and other top officials of the institution over the alleged cover-up of the rape of a female student of the school.

The management of the polytechnic was summoned to the police headquarters in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Victor Babayemi, who confirmed the summon told journalists that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sotonye Wakama, said other police officers met the management of the polytechnic and asked them why they did not report the rape of a student of the school earlier in the year.

 

The victim was said to have been raped by a student of the school and the suspect was eventually expelled.

The PPRO said a female student of the school was raped and the school management did not report the incident to the police but expelled the suspect, Ayo aka A.Y Bishop, in March.

Babayemi also said Bishop was also one of the four-man gang who raped an ND I student of the polytechnic on May 5, 2013.

According to him, rape issues are not cases that can be settled out of court so the polytechnic has no power to just expell the student based on allegation of rape without reporting the case to the police.

He said, “The management of the polytechnic was invited to meet with the commissioner of police. They were here on Wednesday. To cover up a rape case is a compounding- felony. You can’t settle a rape case out of court; it is not a case you can settle even at the police station. It has to be charged to court.

“The CP had spoken to them and they promised that they would do everything to stop criminal behaviour among their students. We also make it a point of duty for them to collaborate with us on how to stop criminal behaviours in the institution and report cases of crimes to the police for proper investigation.”

It will be recalled that another student of the polytechnic was gang-raped by four members of a cult group in the school on May 5.

The four suspects were said to have stormed the residence of the girl, broke her door, tied her hands and legs and took turns to rape her.

The  victim was also said to have also been raped by a security official of the school who was asked to take the girl to the police station to report the rape case.

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