Man Rapes 16-Year-Old Girl, Throws Her Inside Well

A 24-year-old man, Usman Mohammed Iyal, who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl and threw her into a well in Katsina State has confessed to Police personnel how he carried out the act.

Osun Defender gathered that the incident happened on September 27, 2024, when the victim was sent on an errand by her mother at Ambassadors Quarters, Katsina State.

The suspect In his confessional statement, said his action was to save his identity, “Because I didn’t want her to expose me.”

He confessed during his parade alongside that of other suspects at the Katsina State Police Command headquarters before newsmen on Tuesday evening.

The suspect’s brutal actions were thwarted when the police launched a swift investigation and rescue operation aimed at saving the victim from the well unharmed.

The state Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, said 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.

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“The victim was sent on an errand by her mother when the suspect, one Usman Mohammed Iyal, male, age 24, of Ambassador’s 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.’’

He added that “the victim is currently receiving medical attention.”