FCT Police arrest suspect for allegedly raping, assaulting a number of ladies in Abuja

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command have arrested a person recognized as Usman Mohammed over allegations of rape, sexual assault, and bodily abuse of ladies in Abuja.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in an announcement issued on Wednesday.

Adeh stated the Lugbe Police Division acquired a report regarding the suspect’s alleged prison actions, prompting the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, to steer a workforce of operatives in monitoring him down.

According to her, the suspect was ultimately traced to the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, within the Lugbe space, the place officers moved to arrest him.

However, on sighting the police operatives, Mohammed allegedly sped off in an try to flee arrest.

The officers reportedly gave him a chase and ultimately apprehended him.

Adeh stated preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, a resident of FHA Lugbe, was allegedly concerned in predatory money-lending actions, significantly focusing on ladies, together with widows and different weak individuals.

She defined that in his newest alleged prison exercise, Mohammed lured a feminine sufferer into his car and drove her to an remoted location in Lugbe, the place he allegedly raped and sexually assaulted her.

The suspect was additionally accused of forcing the sufferer to strip bare and recording movies of her personal elements, which he allegedly used to threaten to reveal her publicly and kill her if she failed to fulfill his reimbursement calls for.

“The suspect is currently in police custody and undergoing further interrogation. He will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations,” Adeh acknowledged.