NSCDC Nab Rapist, Cultist In Cross River

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has disclosed that its operatives have arrested a suspect for raping two minors who are siblings in Cross River.

Samuel Fadeyi, commandant of the NSCDC in the state, said the suspect was arrested following an alarm by neighbours.

He said the suspect allegedly drugged the minors, aged six and 11, who were hawking cow skin (ponmo) by giving them soft drinks which he had spiked.

“Luck ran out of the child rapist and when we tried to arrest him, his colleague, a suspected cultist and phone snatcher whom we had arrested earlier, tried to help him to escape,” Fadeyi said.

“The suspected cultist was arrested alongside the suspected rapist.

“The suspected rapist, however, said he did not commit the crime though he had engaged in such activities in the past. He said he was being accused on account of past incidents

“We have taken the children to the hospital where they were confirmed to have been sexually abused,’’ Fadeyi said.