Rivers State Police parades serial rapist who lures victims on social media

The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended one Mr Favour Ibama, a suspected serial rapist, who allegedly drugs, and robs his victims. Speaking to newsmen on Thursday, during Ibama’s parade at the police headquarters, the spokesman of the Command, Nnamdi Omoni, said over 20 young ladies have been violated by the suspect, who lured them on social media with enticing promises.

He revealed that Ibama, who is married with four children, lures his female victims on social media dating site called “Tinder” and other sites with mouth -watery promises and allegedly drugs them. They were raped afterwards and their valuables stolen.

Omoni stated that the suspect was arrested when he was spotted at a popular supermarket at Ada George, Port Harcourt, by one of his recent victims who raised an alarm that attracted passers by who apprehended him and handed him over to the Police.

Omoni disclosed that the command has deployed technical intelligence to recover the items he carted from the ladies, while the investigation is ongoing.

Some of the victims who spoke with newsmen explained that after days of chatting with him on social media, he would book a date with them in a hotel where he drugs their food, and after they consume the food and fall asleep, they wake up to discover that he had slept with them and made away with all their belongings.

Two of the victims revealed that he allegedly transferred N135,000 and 185,000 naira respectively from their phones while they were asleep.

Meanwhile, the suspect denied the allegation in an interview with journalists. He, however, admitted to making love to his victims after enticing them with mouthwatering amount of money which he never fulfilled. He blamed his action on the “devil, idleness and the greed of his victims”.

Ibama admitted to chatting with one Blessing on social media. He said the lady agreed to have sex with him if he pays her N20,000.

He disclosed that after they ate and had sex the lady who had allegedly smoked ‘weed’ suspected to be Cannabis Sativa slept off, and he left her without paying her the agreed money.

He denied stealing any of their properties or withdrawing money from their accounts, but confessed in an interview that his wife just gave birth to a baby in January and she is already threatening to divorce him because of his randy lifestyle and alleged criminal tendencies.

On why he doesn’t pay his victims as agreed, he said:” You know after sex there’s the tendency to get tired. Like the last girl, I left her in the hotel bed and bolted away while she was fast asleep.”

During the parade five of his alleged female Victims were present, but three agreed to having a snapshot with their back to the cameras.

The ladies claimed that the actual number of victims were about 20 who may not want to show up immediately for obvious stigmatization but would testify as the investigation continued.