Police arrest two for raping minors in Adamawa

The Adamawa State Police Command on Friday arrested two persons for allegedly raping two minors at Sangere Futy, Girei Local Government Area (LGA).

Adamawa State Police spokesperson, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, in a statement, said those arrested include Bala Muhammed, 35 years, and Usman Abdullahi, 17 years, both residents of Dadin Kowa, Sangere Futy.

“The suspects had on January 12, 2025, raped 11 and 14-year-old girls respectively and went into hiding only to resist arrest,” Nguroje said.

“That was until January 22 when the police command received complaints on the alleged crime perpetrated by the suspects.”

Nguroje said the Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo Morris, upon receiving the report deployed personnel of the command attached to Girei Divisional Police Headquarters, who succeeded in arresting the suspects.

The police spokesman said during interrogation, both suspects confessed to committing the crime.

He said the first suspect said it wasn’t intentional but a mistake while the second blamed the devil for his act.

Morris assured that the suspects would be prosecuted upon completion of an investigation.