—Its handiwork of the devil, says suspect

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Mr Dan’asabe Eddo, a 43-year-old man, for allegedly raping an 80-year-old woman in the state.

The Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a press statement he made available to the media in Lafia, today, Sunday.

The Police said: “One Dan’asabe Eddo, a 43-year-old man of Kubasha Village, Kagarko LGA, Kaduna, but a resident of Kundami Village, Garaku, Kokona LGA of Nasarawa State, nocturnally went into the residence of an 80-year-old woman who stays alone at the same village and forcefully had canal knowledge of her.

“Upon receipt of the complaint, Police operatives attached to Garaku Division immediately swung into action and got the suspect arrested. Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to the commission of the offence and blamed it on handiworks of the devil.”

The statement added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi, has also directed the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia, for further investigations. He urged members of the public to “pay special attention to the elderly” in order to avoid similar occurrences.