Crime

Police nab four in Zamfara for gang-raping 18-year-old girl

The suspects aged between 20 and 35, kidnapped the teenage victim and kept her in an apartment where they all took turns raping her for a week.

Operatives of Zamfara Police Command, have arrested four suspects for kidnapping and gang-raping an 18-year-old girl in the Gusau area of the state.

The suspects identified as Isiyaku Abdullahi, 35, Abdullahi Yusuf, 22, Mohammed Lawali, 20, and Barau Abdullahi, 28, were nabbed following a complaint lodged by the victim’s father.

Addressing journalists as he paraded the suspects, Zamfara Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Mohammed Shehu said the arrested suspects abducted the victim on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, and kept her in an apartment where they all took turns on her.

“On November 1, 2022, police detectives attached to Anti-Violence Squad arrested the suspects in connection with the alleged abduction and raping of the victim.

“The arrest was sequel to a complaint received from the father of the victim who was abducted by the suspects and raped from October 25, 2022, to November 1, 2022, when nemesis caught up with them and were arrested by the police,” Shehu added.
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