JOS: 2 Herdsmen land in court for raping 2 sisters

The Jos Upper Area Court, sitting at Kasuwan Nama, played host to a case of two herdsmen, Shuaibu Samaila, 21, and Bashiru Mohammed, 24, who allegedly raped two sisters aged 21 and 17.

According to the police prosecutor, Mr E. A. Inegbenoise, the case was first brought to the notice of security operatives at K’ Vom Divisional Police Headquarters, on March 29 by the father of the two girls who is a resident of Dawul District in Jos South Local Government.

The prosecutor said the herdsmen waylaid and raped the girls while on their way to their farm. “The accused persons used ropes to tie the sisters on trees when they put up some resistance; they viciously fingered them and raped them thereafter,” he alleged.

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Inegbenoise said the sisters suffered bruises and loss of blood after they were raped by the two suspects. “They (victims) later reported to their father, who promptly reported to the police,” he said.

The prosecutor said that the accused persons, in a confessional statement, owned up to the crime. When the trial started on Friday, however, the duo denied the allegation and were granted bail by the judge, Mr Mustapha Yahaya, after their Counsel, Mr David Adudu, prayed for it.

The judge, after listening to all parties concerned, admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N100,000 each, in addition to producing one surety.

 

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