Niger State Police Command has arrested a suspected rapist, Abubakar Yakubu, who allegedly defiled two minors in Limawa area of Minna, the state capital.
State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Damamman, while parading the suspect at the Command headquarters in Minna, the State capital, noted that the suspect lures his victims with a token of fifty or hundred Naira.
Confessing to the crime, the suspect disclosed that he committed the act due to lack of confidence to approach mature ladies.
The suspect, aged 30, of Limawa area of Minna assaulted little girls within the ages of six and eight years
He said, “On 2/1/2024 at about 1700hrs, based on information received, the Crack Squad arrested one Abubakar Yakubu, 30yrs, of Limawa area of Minna, suspected of assaulting minor girls within the community sexually”.
He explained that, “during preliminary investigation, the suspect narrated that he was a tricycle rider and that he had been having carnal knowledge of two minor girls within the community.
“He also confessed that he usually lured the little girls into his house with a token of fifty naira or one hundred naira since last year.
“He mentioned two other girls he attempted to have the same act with, including one of his relatives whom he has been trying to defile.”
Damamman went further that the girls were taken for medical attention and were undergoing counseling with relevant government agencies.
The suspect is under investigation and he will be arraigned in court as soon as possible.
