A 38-year-old man, Belema Ibama, who allegedly lured women through online dating platforms and s3xually abused them, has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command.
Ibama, a father of four girls, reportedly posed as “Mr. Anderson,” a British engineer working on an offshore oil rig, to lure his victims to hotels where he would drug, rape, and rob them.
The suspect’s arrest came after over 20 women filed reports with the police, accusing a man using the alias “Engineer Anderson” of sexual assault after inviting them on dates. According to police investigations, Ibama had been engaging in this criminal activity since 2019 and had previously been remanded in prison for six months in 2021, only to be discharged due to a lack of witnesses.
Further investigations revealed that Ibama had been arrested by the Delta State Police Command in 2020 on similar charges but had jumped bail and fled to Port Harcourt. After returning from prison in 2022, he resumed his life of crime in November 2023, allegedly targeting more than 20 women before his arrest in May 2024.
