ABSU Gang rape-Nigeria Police arrests two people !!

According to Abia state commissioner of Police Bala Abdullahi Hasan, Two men has been arrested in connection with the gang rape video of a woman posted on the internet after ace cyber activist posted pictures and names online .

The controversial video clip has infuriated many concerned citizens of Nigeria due to the brutal nature of the rape and the failure of the police and government agencies to investigate. Since the faces of the men did not appear on the tape chances of apprehending them seemed very little.

Despite the video of the gang rape being widely watched on the internet with a record 1.5 million downloads, the Government officials and police in Abia state labeled the video clip a hoax and were rather interested in stating that the event did not occur in the School or in the state, the police even went further to state that they don't investigate cases based on internet reports more so the victim has not come forward. Governor Theodore Orji’s aides, Chief Eze Chikamnayo, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy and Mr. Ugochukwu Emezue, Special Adviser on Electronic Media, dismissed the video clips as a “contraception of some idle people”, saying “it is so ridiculous that people believe this”.

After sustained campaign on social networks, web blogs and pages of Newspapers by many organizations the police were forced back into action and to uncover clues from the video that might identify the culprits.

The National Assembly on Thursday called on the Nigerian police to re-open there investigations

Yesterday the pictures of suspects were posted by through the investigative journalists .Two of the suspects whose pictures were posted on the internet has now been arrested by the Nigerian police. however contrary to the BBC report that arrests made were based purely on what was posted on the internet, the minister of youth development had already announced that one of the suspects had been identified conclusively unconfirmed reports says that the rape took place and was video recorded at "Marantha logde" a student hostel , off - ABSU campus .

The rape victim might also have been identified as it appears she had come forward, a women's rights group has said they are now in touch with her and are trying to get her out of Abia State to where she can receive counseling and medical attention.

The way the authorities attempted to handle this high profile case shows the extent of decay and the need to re-engineer the whole justice enforcement/delivery system in Nigeria.

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