Police to arrest, prosecute TikToker over false rape claim

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The Ogun State Police Command has concluded plans to arrest and prosecute a female TikTok user, identified as Mirabel, after she allegedly admitted that her earlier claim of rape was false.

Mirabel was said to have made the admission during a viral phone conversation with social media personality, VeryDarkMan, popularly known as VDM.

An audio recording of the conversation, shared online by VDM and obtained by PUNCH Metro on Thursday, captured Mirabel admitting that aspects of her initial account were untrue.

“Yes, sir, please help me, I am very sorry,” she was heard saying after being confronted with messages she had earlier claimed were sent by her alleged attacker.

During the exchange, she also acknowledged creating the threatening TikTok account herself to bolster her narrative.

“I have been taking drugs, and I was not thinking clearly when I posted the videos,” she reportedly said.

A police source, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media, told PUNCH Metro that a Divisional Police Officer and other senior officers were at the hospital where Mirabel was receiving treatment.

The source added that she would be taken into custody upon discharge and charged in court.

“The DPO and some senior police officers are currently at the hospital where she is admitted. Once she is discharged, she will be taken into custody, and a charge will be prepared against her for trial. The essence is to serve as a deterrent to others,” the source said. Mirabel had earlier alleged that she was attacked and raped by a stranger who forcibly gained access to her apartment in the Ogijo area of Ogun State.

The allegation, which she shared on the social media platform TikTok, sparked widespread outrage, with many users calling for swift action against sexual violence.