Sergeant, NSCDC official in police net over rape

A police sergeant, Jamilu Mohammed and a member of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Habu Musa, are cooling their heels in police custody for alleged rape of a Nigerien woman in a border town of Maigatari in Jigawa State. Daily Trust gathered that the duo were said to have raped their victim, whose […]

A police sergeant, Jamilu Mohammed and a member of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Habu Musa, are cooling their heels in police custody for alleged rape of a Nigerien woman in a border town of Maigatari in Jigawa State.

Daily Trust gathered that the duo were said to have raped their victim, whose name was given as Safiya, when she  returned to Nigeria after a visit to her country, Niger Republic, on a business trip.

It was gathered that the victim, after returning to Maigatari took a commercial motorcycle to her home but suddenly became nervous and asked the motorcyclist to stop so that she could rest as she was feeling dizzy.

While resting, the two security men accosted them and accused her of infidelity, being identified as a married woman by one of the security men, unknown to them she was divorced.

The security men thereafter allegedly forced her to have sex with them.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdul Jinjiri, confirmed the incident and added that the two accused were already in their custody undergoing interrogation.