70-Year Old UK Returnee Brutally And Fatally Raped To Death Inside Her Shop In Ogun State

Mrs. Egunjobi 70, returned from London to engage in various family engagements, only to be met by a brutal and fatal act of cowardice and criminality inside her own shop in Ogun State, she was raped to death by a 33-year-old Dare Garuba.

The incident happened in Egunjobi’s shop at Mowe in Ofada-Mokolokin Local Council Development Area of Ogun State. Witnesses told new telegraph yesterday that the woman had taken two bottles of Alomo gin and became intoxicated which resulted in the suspect offering to take her own, a seemingly kind gesture but with a hidden depraved ulterior motive. Garuba led Egunjobi into her shop and decided to forcefully make his way with her. 

The Coordinator of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) in the area, Mr. Bamidele Ayeyemi, said:

He said: “Some of my boys and I, immediately we heard the man shouting thief, thief, we called for reinforcement and went round the market.

“Unfortunately, when we moved closed to the woman’s shop, the suspect opened the door and bolted. “When the suspect was trying to escape from the scene, one of us was able to identify him as Dare. That was how we started searching for him in the community.”

The body inside the shop Gov. Umahi Another resident, who identified himself simply as Balogun, said after the remains of the woman had been taken care of; they went to report the incident to the head of the community and policemen at Mowe Division.

“What surprised us was that it was the same suspect who promised to take care of the woman so as not to sustain injuries that later took advantage of her.

“We searched the community for about four hours before we finally apprehended him in the ceiling of an uncompleted building where he was hiding. We then handed him over to the police for appropriate action.”

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mowe Police Division, was said to be at the scene of the incident with the woman’s husband. But the widower refused to comment on his wife’s death.

Garuba’s mother, Mrs. Jumoke Musa, said she was fed up with the attitude of her son. 

She said: “

“Even while staying with me in my present place, I have bailed him countless times for different offences he has committed in the community.”

When our correspondent visited the area yesterday, the victim’s body was in her shop, covered with a piece of cloth.