The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a moneylender accused of sexually assaulting a nursing mother and recording her naked after she defaulted on a N600,000 loan.
The suspect, identified as Ahmed Usman, allegedly demanded weekly interest payments of N30,000 from the woman before abducting and assaulting her over a missed payment.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a video posted on her Facebook page on Wednesday, during which the suspect was paraded.
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Adeh said the woman reported the incident to the Lugbe Police Division on November 5, alleging that Usman had taken her to a secluded location after she failed to meet the repayment terms.
According to the police spokesperson, the suspect specialised in lending money to widows and other vulnerable women before demanding weekly interest payments.
She said the woman, who was experiencing poor sales, had gone to meet Usman with N24,000 when she could not raise the agreed amount.
Adeh alleged that the suspect pushed her into his Toyota vehicle, threatened her with a knife and drove her to a secluded spot behind the chief’s palace in Lugbe, where he sexually assaulted her.
The police said Usman also threatened to kill the woman if she failed to pay, forcing her to raise the money and transfer it to him before reporting the incident.
Adeh said officers tracked the suspect and arrested him, adding that he attempted to escape with a police officer in his vehicle during the operation before he was eventually apprehended.
During his parade, Usman admitted lending the woman N600,000 and collecting N30,000 weekly.
He also admitted asking her to remove her clothes, sexually assaulting her and recording her naked.
“I asked her to take off her dress. So, after videoing her, I made love to her,” he said.
When asked how he recorded the woman, he replied: “I asked her to take off her clothes, naked her and I video her, even ask her to open her vagina, I video her.”
Usman also confirmed driving away with a police officer during the arrest operation, claiming he later realised the officer was the Divisional Police Officer and returned to drop him off.
“When I found out that it was DPO, I had to make a U-turn, bring him back and drop him. That is what happened,” he said.
The suspect, who identified himself as a native of Nasarawa State, said he was married with six children and pleaded for forgiveness.
“I am very sorry to my children and my wife. Please, let me have a second chance,” he said.
Adeh said the investigation was ongoing and that the command was working with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on the case.
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