A 94-year-old herbalist, Mohammed Abubakar, is currently cooling –off in one of the cells of the Adamawa Police Command for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl.
The State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the arrest of Abubakar in a statement issued late on the evening of Wednesday, 23 August, 2023.
According to Nguroje, its operatives arrested Abubakar in Tappare, a community in Ganye, headquarters of Ganye Local Government Area of Southern Adamawa.
He added that the suspect, a herbalist, has the reputation of deceiving young females by giving them sugar and other sweet items.
“It happens that on August 12, 2023, while the victim was passing by the suspect’s house, he called her into the house and took advantage of her by having an unlawful carnal knowledge of her.
“Investigation so far reveals that the suspect, while committing the act, rubbed some concoction in form of perfume on the victim, that made the victim ill after the incident,” the state police image-maker said in the statement.
Uguroje explained that the girl opened up on the incident when questioned by her mother about her illness, after which the incident was reported to the Divisional Police Headquarters in Ganye.
“The Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, who frowns at the ugly incident, has directed the officer in charge of Family Support Unit of the command to take over the investigation and ensure the deligent prosecution of the perpetrator,” the statement added.
