by Rachel Ogbu

A police inspector, a policeman and a station guard were all demoted recently after a woman was raped in the cell she was kept with two men at the Abraka police station in Benin.

11 Police officers were caught up in the rape saga from Zone 5 Police Command in Benin. The inspector, Erebi Akporunor, was demoted to the rank of Sergeant and the two men who were said to have raped Esse Ozegbe are now standing trial at a magistrate’s court in Abraka.

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According to reports, Ozegbe was arrested on February 26, 2013, following a quarrel with a neighbour, was said to have been detained along with some men at the Abraka Police station, Delta State, where two of them were said to have raped her in turns, while the policemen allegedly turned a deaf ear to her cries for help.

She is now suing for N750 million damages against the Nigeria Police and a hearing was fixed for June 13.