Two men arrested by police for alleged rape admit to the crime
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Two men have been arrested by police for the alleged rape of two young girls aged 11 and 14 in Sangere Futy, Girei Council in Adamawa on January 12.
Bala Muhammed, 35, and Usman Abdullahi, 17, both residents of Dadin Kowa, Sangere Futy, were apprehended on January 22 following police investigation.
Adamawa Police Command spokesperson Suleiman Nguroje, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed that both suspects admitted to the crime during interrogation.
Nguroje said Muhammed claimed it was an unintentional mistake and Abdullahi blamed his action on the devil.
Adamawa Commissioner of Police Dankombo Morris has assured the public that the suspects will be prosecuted upon completion of investigation.
Landlord’s son goes into hiding after being caught in failed rape attempt on tenant’s daughter aged 15
In another case down South last weekend, a young man identified simply as Junior fled his father’s house after his alleged failed attempt to rape the 15-year-old daughter of a tenant in Elele community in Ikwerre Council in Rivers.
Junior reportedly first enquired from the girl and her sibling aged eight last Friday if their father was coming back home that night, and they informed him that their father would not return.
A neighbour disclosed that at about 1am the next day (Saturday morning), Junior allegedly broke into the house of the tenant and reached for the 15-year-old who was lying down with her siblings.
“He started romancing her and removing her underwear. At this point, the girl woke up when she felt a hand touching her underwear and grabbed Junior’s hand. But Junior punched her and escaped through the window,” he narrated.
The source said the teenage girl switched on her torchlight and saw that the fleeing man was the landlord’s son and raised an alarm that attracted neighbours to the scene.
The girl’s father, Felix, confirmed that “I have reported the matter to the Elele Police Division. He (Junior) broke into my house at midnight in my absence and made attempts to rape my daughter who is 15 years old.
“He ran away after what he did because we have not seen him after that day.”
Rivers Police Command spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko said she was yet to get a report of the incident, but promised to find out and get back to the media.
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