The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly raping an 18-year-old woman to death in Otuoke Community in Bayelsa.
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The suspect is a personal assistant to the former chairman of Otuoke Community Development Committee (CDC) in the Ogbia Local Government Area of the state.
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The suspect was reportedly apprehended while trying to dispose of the corpse of the dead woman in the early hours on Sept. 5.
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The Public Relations Officer of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the incident, saying that investigation had commenced.
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Akhighe said that the suspect had been arrested and transferred to the state police headquarters for further investigation.
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The corpse of the victim had been deposited at the Kolo General Hospital in Yenagoa.
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An eye-witness who pleaded anonymity alleged that the suspected rapist was apprehended by an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
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"We saw the civil defence officer dragging the suspect and shouting that he has raped a girl to death. That was before he was handed over to the police." the witness said (NAN)
Some people are just crazy.
I hope he dies a very painful way!
This is very bad!