“I Rape Minors Because I Lack Confidence To Approach Mature Ladies’ – Tricyclist

Abubakar Yakubu, a suspected rapist who allegedly defiled two minors between the ages of six and eight years in Limawa area of Minna, Niger State capital, has disclosed the reason behind his actions.

The 30-year-old suspect said he committed the act due to his lack of confidence to approach mature ladies.

The State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Damamman,
while parading the suspect at the Niger State Police headquarters in Minna, said the suspect lures his victims with a token of fifty or hundred Naira.

According to him, “On 2/1/2024 at about 1700hrs, based on information received, the Crack Squad arrested one Abubakar Yakubu, 30yrs, of Limawa area of Minna, suspected of assaulting minor girls within the community sexually”.

He disclosed that “during preliminary investigation, the suspect narrated that he was a tricycle rider and that he had been having carnal knowledge of two minor girls within the community.

“He also confessed that he usually lured the little girls into his house with a token of fifty naira or one hundred naira since last year.

“He mentioned two other girls he attempted to have the same act with, including one of his relatives whom he has been trying to defile.”

Damamman added that the girls were taken for medical attention and were undergoing counselling with relevant government agencies.