Crime
Vigilante, One Other Arrested For R@ping Minors In Adamawa
A vigilante, Peter Joseph, and a prince, Yakubu Ahmadu, have been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly raping two minors.
The command said Peter, 35, a resident of Sangere Futy in Girei Local Government Area, and 25-year-old Yakubu Ahmadu of Koleni in Mayo Belwa LGA have confessed to the crime.
The vigilante, a father of five children who hails from Wula in Madagali LGA, said he twice raped a little girl who hawks maize.
On his part, Ahmadu, the son of a ward head who was arrested on October 2, 2023, voluntarily confessed to raping a 13-year-old girl in the community.
Spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, explained that the two were arrested by operatives implementing a strategy to curtail crime.
He said the Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, had ordered the prosecution of the suspects upon completion of the investigation.
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