By Jim Ochetenwu A 62-year-old man in Adamawa State has allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl put in his care. DAILY POST reports...
By Jim Ochetenwu
A 62-year-old man in Adamawa State has allegedly raped a
14-year-old girl put in his care.
DAILY POST reports that the man, Godwin Sanda, a herbalist,
took advantage of the girl, a mentally disturbed patient who was brought to him
for cure, according to the police.
The Adamawa State Police Command said in a statement to
newsmen on Sunday that its operatives arrested the suspect on Saturday, July
23, over the rape incident.
“The suspect, one Godwin Sanda, a resident of Zagun village,
Numan Local Government Area, took undue advantage of the victim’s status kept
in his custody as a herberlist for treatment,” the statement said.
The statement, signed by Police Public Relations Officer
Suleiman Nguroje, said the incident was reported to the Divisional Police
Headquarters in Numan, headquarters of the Numan LGA, by the victim’s mother,
Maryam Abubakar.
“Preliminary Investigation reveals that the victim was
suffering from mental disorder and was rushed to the suspect for possible
medication by her mother.
“In a twist of events, the suspect advised the mother to go
back home pending when the victim will recover and it was as a result of the
mother’s absence for a period of five days that the suspect had unlawful canal
knowledge of the victim, which led to her escaping from his premises back to
her parent’s house,” the police explained.
The poice added that the suspect is undergoing investigation
by detectives from State CID based on the instruction of the Commissioner of
Police, CP Sikiru. Akande.
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