UNBELlEVABLE! How Police arrest strong man for raping more than 30 women
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Jun 11, 2020
The Kano State Police Command say they have arrested a man after 40 people were raped in one town over the period of a year.
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A mother in Dangora, Kano, caught the man in her children's bedroom, according to police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna. The man ran away but neighbours chased and caught him, he added.
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The man was arrested on Tuesday, June 9.
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The command's Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed this in a statement that reads: "Police on Tuesday arrested 32-year-old Muhammad Alfa in Kwanar Dangora, an outskirt of Kano.
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"During interrogation, the man confessed to have raped more than 40 female in a year, including girls, married women, as well as an 80-year-old."
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The police say the spate of rapes included an attack on children as young as 10 years old.
The chief of the town, Ahmadu Yau, said the arrest is a welcome development.
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"People of Dangora are so happy at this time and we hope justice will be served appropriately."
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Residents told the BBC that they had lived the last year in fear, even in their own homes, because they had heard that a serial rapist was climbing fences and raping women indoors.
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"We can now sleep with our eyes closed," one woman told the BBC.
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi