Groundnut hawker raped in FCT community
Vigilantes have arrested a 32-year-old motorcycle mechanic, identified as Danladi Gambo, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in Pegni community in the Kuje Area Council of the FCT. A member of the vigilante in the area, Samson Iliya, confirmed the incident to our reporter via telephone on Thursday, saying the assault occurred on Wednesday. He […]
Vigilantes have arrested a 32-year-old motorcycle mechanic, identified as Danladi Gambo, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in Pegni community in the Kuje Area Council of the FCT.
A member of the vigilante in the area, Samson Iliya, confirmed the incident to our reporter via telephone on Thursday, saying the assault occurred on Wednesday.
He said the suspect allegedly lured the girl, who hawks groundnuts, from his workshop to his house around 5:34 pm and defiled her.
The incident occurred after the girl went to collect money for the groundnuts he had bought. The suspect then asked her to follow him to his house to collect the money.
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According to Iliya, the suspect convinced her that he didn’t have any money on him and asked her to follow him to his house.
“Even though the girl refused to follow the mechanic to his house to collect the money, he convinced her and lured her to his house, where he succeeded in raping her,” he said.
The vigilante member said a neighbour heard the girl screaming inside the suspect’s room and became suspicious, which prompted the neighbor to quickly raise an alarm that attracted the attention of others.
“It was at that point that some neighbors quickly alerted the vigilantes who mobilized to the house and forced the door open. The suspect was discovered half-naked while the girl was in tears,” he said.
The vigilante member said the suspect was immediately arrested and handed over to the police in the area.
“The girl’s parents later came, and the vigilantes accompanied them and the girl to the hospital where doctors confirmed that the suspect penetrated the girl,” he said.
A police source at Pegni Division also confirmed the incident and the arrest of the suspect, saying he will be charged to court upon the conclusion of the investigation.