A suspect, Dan’asabe Eddo, has blamed the devil over the rape of 80-year-old Nigerian woman in Kundami, a community in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Eddo, a 43-year-old native of Kagarko LGA from neighboring Kaduna State raped the aged woman at her residence in Kundami where she lives alone.
The Spokesperson of the state Police Command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lafia on Sunday.
Ranham told news men that upon a complaint lodged at Garaku Division on 14th of January 2022 at about 10:30pm, that one Dan’asabe Eddo Male of Kubacha village, Kagarko LGA, of Kaduna State, 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 same Village and forcefully had canal knowledge of her.
He said 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 handiworks of the Devil.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi has directed that the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department SCID, Lafia for proper investigation.
The Commissioner however, urged members of the public to pay special attention to the elderly and guard them against gerontophiles.
