Mentally ill woman raped, and impregnated by neighbors
Two neigbours, Nasiru Musa,35, and Ibrahim Abubakar,27, who allegedly raped and impregnated a mentally challenged woman in Kastina, have been remanded in prison custody .
The suspects said to be neighbours of the 26-year-old woman, at Goya village in Funtua local Government Area of Kastina, are being prosecuted for allegedly taking advantage of her mental state to serially rape her from January 20 19 until they were apprehended in July .
According to police, the suspects confessed to the crime after they were invited for questioning after the victim’s brother, Bello Hassan, reported a case of rape at Central Police Station, Funta, on July 7, 2019.
The police prosecutor said,
One Bello Hassan of Goya village, Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State, reported at the Central Police Station, Funtua , that on different occasions , from the month of January 2019 till date , Nasiru Musa , 35, and Ibrahim Abubakar, 27, both of the same address , conspired, deceived and lured his 26-year- old younger sister, who is of an unsound mind , to different places in Goya village and had unlawful carnal knowledge of her several times.
As a result , she got pregnant, which is about six months old. During interrogation, you both confessed to having committed the alleged offences.
Musa and Abubakar were charged with criminal conspiracy and rape contrary to the provisions of sections 97 and 283 of the Penal Code Law.
