US Based Nigerian Prison Warden Arrested For Raping Transgender Inmate

Nigerian-born prison warden , Olukunle Oyekanmi, has been arrested for sexually assaulting a transgender inmate.

According to Washington Post, investigations revealed that the 41 year old correctional officer at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Boyds, near Clarksburg in Maryland, on Tuesday, July 11, entered the woman's cell at about 6:20 a.m. and sexually assaulted her. 

She was wearing pants and no shirt but was under the sheets in bed. Oyekanmi allegedly removed the sheet, fondled her and said he “wanted her now.”

The inmate reportedly “ignored Oyekanmi’s statement,” and he left the cell.

He returned to her cell a short time later and ordered her to stand up. When she did, he grabbed her, she tried to pull away, but he directed her to sit on a toilet seat, where he sexually assaulted her.

He was later arrested on Tuesday evening at his home. 

Oyekanmi is charged with second-degree sex offense, second-degree assault, sexual contact with an inmate and malfeasance in office. He was released after he posted $20,000 bond.