Two vigilantes have been arrested for allegedly storming into a house of a married woman and raping her at gunpoint.
The two suspects are Lawali (30) and Babangida Shehu (30).
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who made this known through a press statement on Tuesday said that the suspects committed the crime at Dogon-ruwa village of Ningi local government area of Bauchi state.
According to the Bauchi State Police Command which paraded the two vigilantes, the suspects were said to have conspired among themselves and stormed the house of one Alhaji Gare, and all armed with Dane-gun broke into his wife’s room and threatened her with a gun. And then they had canal knowledge of her.
He said that on the 25th of August 2022 at about 0200 hours, the two suspects conspired and stormed the house of one Alhaji Gare, armed with Dane-guns and broke into his wife’s room, one Hadiza Alhaji (not real name).
According to the PPRO, the suspects asked about her husband’s whereabouts but she told them that he was not at home, adding that thereafter, they threatened her with a gun and had canal knowledge of her which she succumbed to out of fear.
“Discreet investigation has commenced in earnest. The victim was evacuated to the general hospital Ningi for medical examination and confirmed the penetration.
“During the investigation, the suspects voluntary confessed to the crime. The exhibits recovered from the suspects include two Dane guns. The Commissioner of Police has directed that the suspects be charged to court,” the PPRO said.
Wakil also said the command had also arrested one 27-year-old man for raping a three-year-old girl.
He said that on 24 August 2022 at about 1100rs, one Mato Yohannah age 27 years of Jimbin Village of Ganjuwa local government area was arrested by the detectives of Ganjuwa Divisional headquarters after he had canal knowledge with one three-year-old girl (Sara Ezra), of Jimbin village, Ganjuwa LGA.
The PPRO who said that during the investigation, the suspect confessed to having raped a minor for the second time, added that the suspect will be charged to court for prosecution.