A 70-year-old father of three has been detained by the Adamawa State Police Department for raping two students in the Yola-North Local Government Area of the state.
SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesman, revealed this in a statement on Saturday in Yola.
The survivors, he claimed, were children aged four and seven who lived on Ajiya Street in Jimeta.
The statement claims that CP Afolabi Babatola, the commissioner of police, has mandated a thorough and scientific inquiry into the incident.
“Adamawa state police command, on April 4, apprehended a 70-year-old man for raping two minors at Jimeta, Yola North local government area.
“The suspect is said to have lured the two victims into his room, a close distance from the victims, and took advantage of them while on their way to a lesson class and had unlawful carnal knowledge of them.
“The incident was reported to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Jimeta, by the father of the victims, having observed unusual pains from the kids while urinating,” he stated.