HORROR: Fulani Herdsmen Rape 15-Year-Old Girl, Two housewives In Benue
Fulani Herdsmen
A 15-year-old girl and two housewives (names withheld) were on Wednesday, gang-raped by nine suspected Fulani herdsmen at gunpoint, in Tse Ikyuer, Yandev, Mbagwen in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
The victims, who made this known to newsmen in Makurdi, said after beating and raping them, the suspects also collected the sum of N60,000 and two phones from them.
One of the housewife, who was seen having issues walking said: "one of us (the teenage girl) was raped repeatedly, after being thoroughly beaten by the herdsmen. At the moment, she is neither able to walk nor talk".
She said the suspects with their leader came to their house in the afternoon and begged them for drinking water.
'We obliged them, but they noticed the absence of our husbands, and when their leader asked of our husband’s whereabouts, we innocently told him that they travelled but would be back much later" she said. "After drinking the water, they left, only for about nine of them to come back later in the day, armed with
guns and machetes and asked us to lie down and have sex with them or they will kill everybody".
The housewives who were saddened further revealed that four of the suspected herdsmen fired shots in the air to scare as well as compel them to give in to their request.
"After defiling us, they beat us mercilessly and collected over N60,000 from us and also took away our handsets".
According to one of the women, the gang leader was well known in the community, but after the evil act, he fled from the community with his family and cattle.
The victims were later taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention by some police officers.
Superintendent (SP) Daniel Ezeala, the state police spokesperson confirmed the incident, saying investigations into the matter had begun.
He revealed that one the suspects had been arrested while the hunt for the leader of the gang and the others had commenced.
Source: Vanguard
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