There was pandemonium on Monday morning at Isale-Osun area of Osogbo, capital of Osun state when residents of the area discovered that some suspected thugs had allegedly invaded a private hospital in the area, Atewogbeja Hospital Osogbo and raped the nurses on night duty.
The affected female nurses numbering six were said to have been sexually assaulted in turn by the fierce looking thugs who were said to be armed with cutlasses and axes.
A resident of the area who resides beside the hospital told our correspondent that the ugly incident happened on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at around 12am.
The source, who did not want his name in print, disclosed that the leader of the thug had made several efforts to woo one of the nurses into a relationship but the nurse had been adamant.
He explained that “the thug had made several phone calls to the nurse but she was not picking his calls. So, he decided to check on her at the hospital where she is working. When the man (thug) got to Atewogbeja hospital, he met with the lady nurse but she bluffed him. This infuriated him and he made some phone calls to members of his gang to meet him at the hospital with dangerous weapons. This was around 11:30pm.
” Few minutes after he made this call, some fierce-looking suspected thugs besieged the hospital and raped the six nurses on night duty. After forcefully having their carnal knowledge, the thugs raided the hospital. The dispossessed patients their money and phones including those of the nurses,” the source added.
When the youths of Isale-Osun got wind of this development, they mobilised some thugs and mounted a search for the thugs who defiled the nurses. The angry thugs who brandished guns, cutlasses and charms took to the streets of Oja-Oba, Oke Baale and caused mayhem.
There was tension in these areas as Police traffic Warden at Oba Oba fled on sighting the irate thugs who had embarked on reprisal attack.
The thugs accused their rival thugs at Abowo in Oke Baale of committing the act, which the residents of Isale Osun termed “sacrilege.” There were clashes among thugs on avenge mission and other rival thugs in Osogbo on Monday as many sustained degrees of injuries.
The sight of the youths numbering about 50 wielding dangerous weapons on Monday morning sent areas like; Oja Oba, Gbaemu and Ibokun road into panic, as people including traders scampered into safety to avoid being caught in the crises.
Before the thugs stormed the hospital to allegedly rape the nurses overnight, it was gathered that some youths suspected to be thugs from Obate area in Osogbo had on Saturday launched an attack on another group based in Isale Osun area of Osogbo.
Though no life was lost in the attack, but many people includimg innocent citizens were said to have been inflicted with machete cuts.
Some of the victims of the attack, it was also learnt, are in critical condition as a result of severe cuts they received from the attackers.
Since Monday attack, residents and business owners around Oja Oba and Ibokun road, have been living in fear, following insinuations that reprisal attack was being planned.
