A 43-year-old man, identified as Dan’asabe Eddo, have been arrested by operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly r-aping an 80-year-old woman.
The suspect, a native of Kundami Village, Garaku, Kokona Local Government Area of the state, forcefully gained access into the house of his victim who lives alone to carry out the heinous crime.
A statement released by the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ramhan Nansel, on Sunday, January 16, said Eddo blamed the devil for his action.
The statement read;
“Upon a complaint lodged at Garaku Division on 14/1/2022 at about 2230hrs, that one Dan’asabe Eddo `M` of Kubasha village, Kagarko LGA, Kaduna but a resident of Kundami Village, Garaku, Kokona LGA of Nasarawa State nocturnally went into the residence of an 80 years old woman who stays alone at the same village and forcefully had canal knowledge of her.
“Police operatives attached to Garaku Division immediately swung into action and got the suspect arrested.
“Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to the commission of the offence and blamed it on the devil.”
According to Nansel, the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Adesina Soyemi has directed that the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Lafia for further investigation.
He charged members of the public to pay special attention to the elderly and protect them from such act.
