How 24 year-old suspect, raped teenage girl, threw her inside well in Katsina

A 24-year-old man, Usman Mohammed Iyal, who was nabbed by the Katsina State police has disclosed how he raped a 16-year-old girl and threw her into a well at Ambassadors Quarters, Katsina State.

According to the suspect, during his parade alongside that of other suspects at the Katsina State Police Command headquarters, he threw the teenager in the well to conceal his identity.

NaijaOnPoint.com.ng (NOP) learnt that the incident occurred on September 27, 2024, when the victim was sent on an errand by her mother.

ASP Abubakar Sadiq, the state Police Command Public Relations Officer, disclosed that the suspect armed with a knife, accosted and threatened the victim, then dragged her into an uncompleted building where he violently assaulted and raped her.

“On September 27th, 2024, at about 1216hrs, the Katsina State Police Command succeeded in arresting a suspected rapist for the brutal assault and attempted murder of a 16-year-old girl in Ambassadors Quarters, Katsina.

“The victim was sent on an errand by her mother when the suspect, one Usman Mohammed Iyal, male, age 24, of Ambassadors quarters, armed with a knife, accosted, threatened, and dragged her into an uncompleted building where he then violently assaulted and raped the victim.

“In a desperate bid to conceal his crime, the suspect threw the victim into a nearby well and hurled stones down the well, with intent to kill the victim.

“Upon the victim’s disappearance, her father, Abdullahi Sabitu, m, reported the incident at the GRA Divisional Police Headquarters, leading to our swift action. An investigation was immediately launched, and successfully, we rescued the victim from the well, and we arrested the suspect.

“The victim is currently receiving medical attention,” according to Sadiq.