Lucky Igbinovia alias ‘One Man Squad’, Edobor Osemwengie, manager of Lafun Hotel; Kingsley Iyamu,; Gregg Eweka and Friday Omorogbe Arrested Over Slay Queen Torture Over Missing Phone

The video showed how the men stripped the victim and inserted pepper into her private part, claiming that she stole the phone. The video, which must have been uploaded by one of the perpetrators, went viral by Monday.

Further investigation by our correspondent revealed that the victim was taken to Lafun Hotel located in the state. The hotel is alleged to be owned by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (names withheld).

Findings further revealed that the victim had lodged at the hotel on Sunday night with a man when the controversial phone at the centre of the entire problem got missing. The Men Wanted To Have Sex But She Refused.

Angered by the fruitless search, the man who took the girl into the hotel threatened fire and brimstone, but all to no avail. The development prompted him and others to approach a native doctor who performed some rituals and recited incantations in the process.

The victim was said to have been compelled to undergo strange mystic oath taking, at the end of which no result came of the entire drama. But not convinced about the whole issue, the owner of the phone and others dragged the girl to a corner where they carried out the despicable act of inserting pepper into her private parts with a view to forcing her to confess to stealing the phone.

The six suspects arrested so far in connection with the case are Otoghile Joel, owner of the phone alleged to have been stolen by the young woman; Lucky Igbinovia alias ‘One Man Squad’ in whose house the young woman was tortured; Edobor Osemwengie, manager of Lafun Hotel; Kingsley Iyamu,; Gregg Eweka and Friday Omorogbe.

The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank Mba, said the police had established contact with the female victim, aged 24 years.

Mba added that her health status and recovery rate were being monitored.
He said: “Following the dehumanising incident, the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, had ordered a comprehensive investigation into the report. Consequently, the Edo State Police Command, led by its Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, swung into action, leading to the investigative breakthrough.”