A 19-year-old Auwal Abdullahi has been arrested by the men of the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in a hotel.
According to The PUNCH, he was reported to have left the woman in the hotel room so that some of his friends may rape her in turn.
They were said to have abandoned their victim at the motel in the Jimeta neighborhood’s Nasarawo Borehole area on Tuesday.
However, Auwal who is a tricycle driver has vehemently refuted the accusation, claiming that the woman was his fiancée.
He stated that his affair with the girl was consensual and that they have been dating for months.
He said, “On the day of the incident, after spending time with her, I asked her to return home but she refused and said she will not go back home; instead, she will be going somewhere else.
“So, I left her in the hotel the following morning because she told me that she wouldn’t go out until 11am. I was informed that she was chased out of the hotel and gang raped by some hoodlums.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the state Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, while reacting to the incident expressed concern over the incident and vowed to ensure the prosecution of the suspect.
