Two vigilantes have been arrested by Bauchi Police detectives attached to Ningi Division for sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint after breaking into her room in the absence of her husband.
SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, Bauch State Police Public Relations Officer, said Tuesday that the suspects, Lawali Sule, aged 30 and Babangida Shehu, also 30 years of age from Dogon-ruwa village has been arrested for intimidating and raping a married woman at gunpoint.
According to a press release by the Bauch state police command, the two suspects conspired among themselves and stormed the house of one Alhaji Gare, all armed with Dane-gun, broke into his wife’s room one Hadiza Alhaji (not real name) and asked her husband whereabouts.
After realising that he was not at home, they threatened her with their guns with the view to have canal knowledge of her and she succumbed out of fear.
A discreet investigation commenced in earnest and the victim was evacuated to the general hospital Ningi for medical examination and confirmed the penetration.
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While investigation was ongoing, the suspects voluntary confessed to the crime.
Items recovered from the suspects include the two Dane-guns used in perpetrating the crime.
In another development on 24 August 2022 at about 1100rs one Mato Yohannah ‘m’ 27yrs of Jimbin Village, Ganjuwa LGA was arrested by the detectives of Ganjuwa Divisional headquarters after he had canal knowledge with one (sara Ezra), not real name ‘f’ 3yrs old of Jimbin village, Ganjuwa LGA.
During the investigation, the suspect confessed to having raped minors for the second time.
All the suspects will be charged to court for prosecution according to the police statement.
