FCT police arrest man for alleged cyberbpercentllying and sexu@l ass@ult and intimidation of widows in Abuja

Crime

By Linda Ikeji
11 November 2026, 8:19 am

The police in Abuja have arrested a middle-aged man recognized as Usman Mohammed for the alleged rape, sexuall ass@ult and intimidation of widows and susceptible ladies.

Confirming his arrest to newsmen, the spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, mentioned on Friday, November 6, acquired stories of the alleged actions of the suspect.

Adeh talked about that  upon receiving the report, a workforce of police operatives from Lugbe Division, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), instantly commenced efforts to trace down the suspect. He was subsequently traced to Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Lugbe, the place the police workforce moved to apprehend him.

However, upon sighting the police operatives, the suspect sped off , trying to evade arrest. The officers instantly gave chase, finally overtaking and intercepting him earlier than he may acquire entry to the expressway. He was promptly arrested.

Adeh mentioned preliminary investigations confirmed that the suspect who resides in FHA Lugbe, is concerned in predatory money-lending practices, notably focusing on ladies, together with widows and different susceptible individuals.

‘’In his newest exercise, he lured his sufferer into his car and drove her to a lonely space in Lugbe, the place he sexu@lly ass@ulted and r@ped her. He additional pressured her to strip n@ked and recorded movies of her non-public components, which he used to threaten to reveal her publicly and ok!ll her if she didn’t comply together with his reimbursement calls for.” she mentioned

Adeh mentioned the suspect is at the moment in police custody and present process additional interrogation and will probably be charged to courtroom upon the conclusion of investigations.

The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, PhD, FCAI, strongly condemns all types of violence, sexual exploitation, intimidation and cyberbullying. He urges residents, notably susceptible individuals, to not endure in silence however to promptly report instances of abuse, threats, blackmail and different legal actions to the closest police station or by the Command’s emergency strains 08032003913, 08061581938.