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.
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.
The suspect was reportedly apprehended while trying to dispose of the corpse of the dead woman in the early hours on Sept. 5.
The Public Relations Officer of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the incident, saying that investigation had commenced.
Akhighe said that the suspect had been arrested and transferred to the state police headquarters for further investigation.
The corpse of the victim had been deposited at the Kolo General Hospital in Yenagoa.
An eye-witness who pleaded anonymity alleged that the suspected rapist was apprehended by an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
“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)
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