The Bauchi State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested two vigilantes for allegedly gang-raping a married woman at gunpoint in the Ningi Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesperson of the Police Command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, August 30.
The suspects identified as Lawali Sule, aged 30, and Babangida Shehu, aged 30, of Dogon-ruwa village, were arrested by the police detectives attached to Ningi Division.
“On 25th August 2022, at about 0200hrs 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, but he was not at home. Thereafter they threatened her with a gun with the view to have canal knowledge of her and she succumbed out of fear,” the statement reads.
“A discreet investigation 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: two Dane-guns.”
The Commissioner of Police, Umar Mamman Sanda has directed that the suspects be charged to court.
