The Nasarawa State command of the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,
NSCDC, yesterday arrested five suspects
for allegedly raping a 14-year-old-girl.
The NSCDC state commandant, Mr.
Andekin Musa, who paraded the
suspects before newsmen in Lafia,
explained that the suspects were
artisans working at a construction site
in Doma local government market, while
the girl was a sachet water vendor.
Musa said four of the the suspects on
January 30 lured the girl into an
uncompleted building beside the Doma
market and took turns to rape her.
“The suspects raped her in an
uncompleted building near the market.
They lured her to the building saying
they would buy her water, and raped
her,” Andekin said.
According to Musa, officers of the
command in Doma had received a
complaint on February 1, leading to the
arrest of two the suspects near Tudun
Laraba community in Doma, while the
three other suspects were later arrested
on the same day from the Doma market.
“The rape took place on the 30th of
January while arrests took place on the
1st of February. They are all around and
they have all confessed to committing
the offence.” He said
Musa said the suspects, Mr Wada
Mohammed, 37, Mr Tanko Adamu, 36,
Mr Abubakar Ogachi, 40, Mr Yusuf Ogar,
35, and Mr. Samaila, Ali 35, would be
prosecuted after investigation had been
concluded.
“From our investigation, the suspects
have been in the habit of raping
underage girls and we have been
receiving reports of similar cases in that
area”, he said. One of the suspects, Mr
Samaila Ali told newsmen that the devil
had pushed him to commit the crime as
it was not in his habit to rape women.
“I have a wife and thre children and I
have never done this kind of thing
before. It is the devil that pushed me to
do it,” he said.
Mallam Umar Mohammed, father of the
girl, thanked the NSCDC for their prompt
intervention in arresting the five
suspects and expressed optimism that
justice would be done.
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,
NSCDC, yesterday arrested five suspects
for allegedly raping a 14-year-old-girl.
The NSCDC state commandant, Mr.
Andekin Musa, who paraded the
suspects before newsmen in Lafia,
explained that the suspects were
artisans working at a construction site
in Doma local government market, while
the girl was a sachet water vendor.
Musa said four of the the suspects on
January 30 lured the girl into an
uncompleted building beside the Doma
market and took turns to rape her.
“The suspects raped her in an
uncompleted building near the market.
They lured her to the building saying
they would buy her water, and raped
her,” Andekin said.
According to Musa, officers of the
command in Doma had received a
complaint on February 1, leading to the
arrest of two the suspects near Tudun
Laraba community in Doma, while the
three other suspects were later arrested
on the same day from the Doma market.
“The rape took place on the 30th of
January while arrests took place on the
1st of February. They are all around and
they have all confessed to committing
the offence.” He said
Musa said the suspects, Mr Wada
Mohammed, 37, Mr Tanko Adamu, 36,
Mr Abubakar Ogachi, 40, Mr Yusuf Ogar,
35, and Mr. Samaila, Ali 35, would be
prosecuted after investigation had been
concluded.
“From our investigation, the suspects
have been in the habit of raping
underage girls and we have been
receiving reports of similar cases in that
area”, he said. One of the suspects, Mr
Samaila Ali told newsmen that the devil
had pushed him to commit the crime as
it was not in his habit to rape women.
“I have a wife and thre children and I
have never done this kind of thing
before. It is the devil that pushed me to
do it,” he said.
Mallam Umar Mohammed, father of the
girl, thanked the NSCDC for their prompt
intervention in arresting the five
suspects and expressed optimism that
justice would be done.
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