By Abdulsalam Muhammad

KANO— A police orderly attached to the Executive
Chairman of Kabo Local Government Council of
Kano State and four others have been arrested for
allegedly gang-raping a 17-year-old girl at
gunpoint.
The Police Corporal, whose identity is being
concealed by Kano State Police Command, was said
to have conspired with four other persons to carry
out the act by using his service pistol to subdue the
lady at a location at Shanono, headquarters of
Shanono Local Government Area.
A security source confided in Vanguard that the
chief suspect, a tall randy police officer, had been
apprehended and kept behind bars, alongside his
accomplices, pending the outcome of internal
investigations.
The source said: “A Police Corporal has been
arrested and taken to state Criminal Investigation
Department for investigation over the complaint that
him and two others gang raped a lady.
“It is suspected that the lady was threatened. You
know orderlies that are attached to VIPs are
normally armed. So as I speak with you, a police
corporal and two other suspects have been
detained for raping a lady in Shanono Local
Government and the police officer is the orderly to
Kabo Local Government chairman.
“It was a gang rape; the case is with the police
authorities and they are handling the matter. We
know that the suspects have been detained; we are
waiting to know what would come up next.”
Police story
When contacted, the acting Police Public Relations
Office of Kano State Command, ASP Mustapha
Abubakar, confirmed the incident in a phone chat.
ASP Mustapha said: “Yes, it is true our officer was
involved in a gang rape and the affected officer and
his accomplices have been taken into custody.
“We have in our custody the police orderly and four
other suspects. The CID has commenced
investigations to get to the root of the matter. “
The Kano Police spokesman disclosed that the
suspects would be charged to court when
investigations were completed.

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