Three men suspected to herdsmen invaded Kwarra community in the Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, seized a 14-year-old girl, whom they raped and left her for dead.
According to Punch reports the men armed with dangerous weapon entred the community on Monday night and forcebly took the girl from her home and raped her in a bush till she passed out.
The Nasarawa State Police spokesman DSP Ramhan Nansel confirmed the incident. “What happened in the Kwarra community of Wamba LGA is indeed a sad situation.
The girl was at her family house on Monday night when two herdsmen, who are residents of the community namely; Umar Shehu ‘M’ 19 years, and Dare Bello ‘M’ 18 years, went to their house and took her to a bush where she was gang-raped.
“The herdsmen were armed with cutlasses and sticks, and they were able to carry out the act because the girl’s father was sick, and there was no other person to help her at that time.
“But as soon as the information got to the police, we quickly mobilised our officers to go rescue the girl and arrest the perpetrators of the act.
“When our officers got to the scene of the crime, the girl was immediately taken to a hospital for treatment and based on the available information at my disposal, two herdsmen have been arrested in connection with the crime.”
He added that the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigation.
