Wednesday, October 09, 2024 - The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Usman Mohammed Iyal, for r@ping and throwing a 16-year-old girl into a well in Katsina Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesperson of the
command, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, paraded Usman alongside other suspected criminals
on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. said he was nabbed on 17 September in the
Ambassadors’ quarters.
He said the suspect accosted and
threatened the victim who was on an errand with a knife before dragging her
into an uncompleted building where he “violently assaulted and r@ped” her.
In a desperate bid to conceal his
crime, he said the suspect threw the victim into a nearby well and hurled
stones down the well, with intent to murder her, but she was rescued and taken
to hospital by police operatives.
“On September 27, 2024, at about
1216hrs, the Katsina State Police Command succeeded in arresting a suspected
r@pist for the brutal assault and attempted mUrder of a 16-year-old girl in
Ambassador's quarters, Katsina,” the PPRO stated.
"The victim was sent on an
errand by her mother when the suspect, one Usman Mohammed Iyal, m, age 24 of
Ambassadors quarters, armed with a knife, accosted, threatened, and dragged her
into an uncompleted building where he then violently assaulted and r@ped the
victim.
"Upon the victim’s
disappearance, her father Abdullahi Sabitu, reported the incident at the GRA
divisional police headquarters, leading to swift action.
"An investigation was
immediately launched, successfully rescued the victim from the well and
arrested the suspect. The victim is currently receiving medical attention, and
the investigation is currently ongoing.”
He said the suspect would be charged
to court for r@pe, assault and attempted murder after a preliminary
investigation by police in the state.
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