KANO—A police orderly attached to the Executive
Chairman of Kabo Local Government Council of Kano State and four others have
been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 17-year-old girl at gunpoint.
The Police Corporal, whose identity is being
concealed by Kano State Police Command, was said to have conspired with four
other persons to carry out the act by using his service pistol to subdue the
lady at a location at Shanono, headquarters of Shanono Local Government Area.
A security source confided in Vanguard that the
chief suspect, a tall randy police officer, had been apprehended and kept
behind bars, alongside his accomplices, pending the outcome of internal
investigations.
The source said: “A Police Corporal has been
arrested and taken to state Criminal Investigation Department for investigation
over the complaint that him and two others gang raped a lady.
“It is suspected that the lady was threatened. You
know orderlies that are attached to VIPs are normally armed. So as I speak with
you, a police corporal and two other suspects have been detained for raping a
lady in Shanono Local Government and the police officer is the orderly to Kabo
Local Government chairman.
“It was a gang rape; the case is with the police
authorities and they are handling the matter. We know that the suspects have
been detained; we are waiting to know what would come up next.”
Police Story:
When contacted, the acting Police Public Relations
Office of Kano State Command, ASP Mustapha Abubakar, confirmed the incident in
a phone chat.
ASP Mustapha said: “Yes, it is true our officer was
involved in a gang rape and the affected officer and his accomplices have been
taken into custody.
“We have in our custody the police orderly and four
other suspects. The CID has commenced investigations to get to the root of the
matter. “
The Kano Police spokesman disclosed that the
suspects would be charged to court when investigations were completed.
SOURCE: VANGUARD
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