Okpara Square, venue of the live concert which was allegedly sponsored by the Enugu State Government, couldn't contain the multitude of music fans who turned out for the live show.
A noteworthy explanation behind the massive turnout, was because it was a free show organized by popular Nigerian musician Flavor for Enugu State.
Additionally, Flavor, who is the main act of the show, has a large fan base in the state considering that he spent most his early life there.
Eyewitness reports has it that so many young people were publicly smoke hemp amid the occasion, in spite of the presence of a substantial number of policemen and other security operators who were conveyed in the Square.
It was additionally observed that a portion of the young men endeavored to compellingly hit the dance floor with a few women, who opposed them.
Reports later developed that a few women were professedly sexually harassed and assaulted in the early hours of Sunday morning.
An anonymous tweeter user asserted that numerous young ladies were sexually assaulted in his tweets. She stated:
"So, your favourite celebrity decided to give back to the community, made his concert free, but his fans (most) present at the Square, started to rape girls like it’s part of the script".
"They not only raped girls, but went in turns, protected the rapists from security agents and started to play with the victims’ undies! Please, someone tell me this is Sodom & Gomorrah".
“Never seen or heard of rape being this glorified. Truth is, if your community is filled with toxic people, don’t live in denial; fix your problem even if it means not putting up a show. Yes, please don’t, more so, don’t make it worse!"
“Before you come here to ask what the girls wore (which just shows your low IQ), girls on jeans were raped! These boys came with X-Men claws. They ripped jeans like it was a wet piece of paper, still had the nerves to wear condoms, have an erect and rape a lady till she bled".
“They had their governor on seat; over 100 Force men on standby; bouncers were there too, but those retarded fools still found a way to leave girls naked. How do you rape a girl in front of her boyfriend? Are you normal? They beat and tossed boyfriends off! They bought condoms! I swear, those guys are far from normal!"
“People had to donate clothes to cover victims at intervals! It was that bad! Thought they said sex is cheap, so please, walk down the street and buy it cheap or take it free; don’t rape girls, don’t ever do it!”She blamed the whole incident on the fress show, saying she would not visit the state again.
Another eyewitness, Adedotun, who also affirmed the incident also pledged not to come back to the state after the episode.
"I'm leaving Enugu toward the beginning of today (Sunday)! What I saw yesterday (Saturday) was a nation with more young issue than we can envision! Recently, the measure of young ladies that were sexually hassled and assaulted at the show was overwhelming! Show turned into a safeguard activity for pure young ladies. Disgusting men!" he tweeted.
He acquitted Flavor of fault, saying the crowd went wild.
However, Enugu State Police Command has confirmed that arrest has been made on few of the boys allegedly involved in gang raping ladies during the concert.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, in an announcement on Sunday, investigating a case of alleged attempted rape during the musical show.
The police spokesman said a suspect was in custody for attempting to rape a lady at the show. He stated:
"The Enugu State Police Command, through its agents at the Independence Layout Division, has commenced investigations concerning the alleged gang rape and other series of offenses that took place during the musical concert at the Michael Okpara Square".
"One individual, who is currently helping police in their investigations, he was caught while trying to rape a victim alongside a gang at the Square yesterday amide the musical concert of a famous Nigerian artist."He included that three others were also captured for supposedly stealing cell phones during the event.
"Those captured will be made to recognize the cold hard reality in accordance with different arrangements and particulars of the law after examinations," he included.
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