Mr. Adesina Soyemi, Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State.
Shonaye Prince, LAFIA
The Nasarawa State Police Command on Sunday arrested Mr. Dan’asabe Eddo, a 43-year-old man for allegedly raping a 80-year-old woman in the state.
The arrest was contained in a press statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, and made available to The Dune News in Lafia the state capital.
The statement said the suspect who is an indigene of Kaduna state but resident in Garaku in the Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, went to the house of an aged woman who lives alone and forcefully raped her.
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Video Player “One Dan’asabe Eddo, a 43 years old man of Kubasha village, Kagarko LGA, Kaduna but a resident of Kundami Village, Garaku, Kokona LGA of Nasarawa State stealthily went into the residence of an 80 years old Woman who stays alone at same Village and forcefully had canal knowledge of her.
“Upon receipt of the complaint, Police operatives attached to Garaku Division immediately swung into action and got the suspect arrested.
Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to the commission of the offence and blamed it on handiworks of the devil”, the statement read in part.
The statement added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi has directed that the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department, for further Investigations while urging members of the public to pay special attention to the elderly in order to guard them against such re-occurrence.
