A 39- year- old man, Aminu Usman, arrested by Niger State Police Command for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl, said he did not know she is underage.
The suspect, who was arrested on a tip-off by policemen attached to ‘A’ Division, Suleja, said: “I did not realise that she is an underage girl before I had sex with her. All I know is that I had sexual urge and I had to discharge and this is what led me to the desperation not knowing that she is under-age.
“I didn’t even know how it all came about until I finished. It is unfortunate that I did it and I plead for forgiveness because I have never done it before,” the suspect further pleaded.
The suspect, it was gathered, lured the young girl to an obscured area with a promise of buying some items for her where he had canal knowledge of the girl. Read more