Police Arrest Secondary School Student For Raping Mad Woman
A secondary school student in Adamawa State has been remanded for allegedly raping a mad woman three times.
The 20 year old student, Idris Alex Emeka, who attends Capital Government Day Secondary School, pleaded guilty at the Chief Magistrate Court Two, in Yola, where he was arraigned on a charge of rape.
The Presiding Judge of the court, Magistrate Musa Alhaji Adamu, remanded the defendant after he pleaded guilty to the offence.
The prosecution had told the court that the student was caught in the act with the mentally ill woman on the 26th of June 2024.
In its First Information Report tendered in court, the prosecution alleged that the defendant had sexual intercourse with the mentally retarded woman on three occasions.
The prosecuting officer, Inspector Galeon Nimrod, told the court that one Habu Jibrilla came to Karewa Police Station and reported the matter.
Nimrod said Jibrilla, who is of the State Low-Cost Housing Estate in Jimeta, stated that he caught the defendant with the mentally ill woman by the street side around 6:40am, then, took hold of him and handed him over to the police.