Posted by By NGOZI UWUJARE, Ibadan on
A notorious armed robber, who combines his nefarious trade with serial raping of his victims, has been nabbed by the police in Ibadan. Twenty six-year-old Sodiq Olayinwo (a.k.a One-Man Mopol) confessed to having raped more than 20 women during various robbery operations in the Oyo State capital.
Olayinwo, who is currently answering questions from detectives at the state Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on his involvement in several robberies in the metropolis, told Daily Sun that he was a one-man robbery squad that deceived his victims into believing that a gang was involved.
According to the suspect, he usually stormed the houses of his victims at about 2.00 am, raising a bedlam by menacingly shouting that they (robbers) were many outside and ordering them to come and open the doors.
The panic-stricken members of the households under invasion, often meekly complied, ushering Olayinwo in and offering him their valuables, including phone handsets, jewelry and money, the loot he normally demanded apparently because he could not carry heavier objects. Sometimes he broke in through windows.
Before his arrest, the robbery suspect had given residents of Oke-Itunu, Veterinary Area, Coca-Cola, Mokola as well as Apete, which are his haunts, nightmares.
'I always shout at the victims that we are many, but I used to be the only person who comes around to rob them.
Sometimes, I demand sex, sleeping with mother and daughter,' Olayinwo said, putting the numbers of victims he had raped at over 20 in recent times.
Daily Sun learnt from some of the victims, who besieged the Oyo State Police Command Headquarters, Eleyele when they heard of Olayinwo's arrest, said the suspect often held the neighbourhood hostage for about two and a half hours, robbing houses one after another.
Recounting her ordeal during one of the robbery operations, a housewife (names withheld) told Daily Sun that Olayinwo invaded her house on June 28, this year, raping her in the presence of her husband.
'On that fateful day, said the victim he (suspect) came around 2 a.m, knocked at the door and shouted at us that we should open the door and we complied.'
She added: 'I told my husband to give him all he wanted. He collected our money and handsets. Then he requested to sleep with me or kill my children if I refused. He had to rape me in the presence of my husband and children.
Talking to Daily Sun the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bashiru Azeez said it was quite unfortunate that such miscreants were in the state.
He said the suspect had confessed to the crime and that some of the victims had identified him. The police boss said on the strength of the evidence, Olayinwo would be charged to court soon.