Popular Yoruba Actor Ganiyu Oyeyemi AKA Ogunjimi Detained For Alleged Rape

A Popular Yoruba Actor Ganiyu Oyeyemi popularly known as Ogunjimi is in police custody for allegedly raping one of daughter's friends at his home town in Oshogbo.

He was arrested last Tuesday by the Osun state police
command and detained at the Oke-Baale division of
the Nigeria Police.

The actor who is known for violent roles in movies,
was said to have been responsible for the upkeep of
the victim and her mother who until recently lived
with him in his Osogbo residence. The mother had left
her with Ogunjimi in Osogbo and relocated to Lagos.

It was gathered that after the rape, the victim
reported the incident to the police alongside some
residents of the area and it was confirmed by medical
experts that the victim, a 22-year-old lady was indeed
raped.

According to a competent Police source, the actor had
been transferred to the Criminal Investigations
Department (SCID) of the state police command for
further interrogation on the matter, adding that the
Divisional Police Officer (DPO), transferred the case to
the SCID as a result of the pressure being mounted on him by influential people to release the suspect.

Confirming the incident, the Osun Police Public
Relations Officer, Mrs Folashade Odoro said that the
case had been reported to the police the actor was
being detained at the SCID, Osogbo.