A man who raped a mother and her two-and-half-year old girl causing the little girl severe bleeding has blamed the devil for misleading him.
A psycho identified as Yusuf Suleiman, 25, has been apprehended by the police after he allegedly raped a two and half year old girl at Dutsen Kura area of Minna, the state capital. Police also revealed that the suspect had some years back raped the girl's mother mercilessly.
The suspect was paraded before newsmen at the Police headquarters yesterday in Minna after confessing to have had carnal knowledge of the minor. He said the devil pushed him to the act and pleaded for forgiveness.
Spokesman of the Command, ASP Bala Elkana told Journalists that the suspect had confessed that on the fateful day, he saw the little girl coming out of their house and lured her to a corner and had sex with her.
He advised parents to pay more attention to their wards and be weary of the familiarity of their neighbours towards their children pointing out that it could be a tactics of getting closer to their children before unleashing havoc on them.
The mother of the child called Zainab in a brief interview with Jornalists said she had not been comfortable with the relationship between her husband and the suspected rapist because of a similar experience she had with him but had no way of separating them.
“I have never been comfortable with the suspect especially with his relationship with my husband because he raped me also when I was 10yrs old but I refused to tell anybody till today and that is why I am always uncomfortable anytime I see him because my mind is not clear to him and I still believe that he can still do the same to anybody but I never knew that he can do it to anybody close to me again talk less of my own child.”
According to her, ”The suspect about ten years ago took me to where they were washing motorcycle and raped me in a corner there. I got to know that of my daughter when she was crying when she wanted to urinate. When I checked her closely to know why she was crying, I saw blood in her private part and after enquiries, she confessed that it was Yusuf who had carnal knowledge with her and she was immediately rushed to the hospital where it was confirmed if being raped."
The father of the child, Lawal Adamu 30 years told Journalists that all he wanted is Justice against the suspect.
The suspect also confessed that he used to lure the girl with sweet or biscuit to bring her closer to him.
“I used to give her money to buy sweet, biscuits in the past but I dont know how devil used me to take her to a corner on the fateful day to have sex with her forcefully."