Tafawa Balewa Local
Government Area of Bauchi
State, Isa Umar has
appealed to both the state
government and the police to assist him by bringing to
justice, a person
whoallegedly raped his wife.
Umar and the officer in
charge ofthe Legal Aid
Council, Zubayr Hanbali made the plea,
yesterday,at the
secretariat of the Nigerian
Union of Journalists in
Bauchi.
In his account of the incident, Umar alleged that
he asked a commercial
motorcyclist, (okada) whose
name was simply given
asAuwalu to take his wife
and two children to a nearby village, but he
diverted into the bush at
Ball village in Tafawa
Balewa Local Government
Area and raped the woman
in front of her two children aged between three andsix
years, after stabbing her
with a knife.
“My wife lost her
pregnancy as a result of
the incident and suffered psychological trauma due to
shock and the shame. I feel
very sad over what
happened to her and I
intend to see that the
person who committed this abominable act does not go
unpunished. I felt ashamed
of myself because he has
spoilt my name and
reputation,” Umar lamented.
He said that he took his wife to the Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa Teaching
Hospital and treated her for
over two weeks, adding
that the culprit tried to
bribe him with N40,000 so as to bury the matter, but
he declined and reported
the matter to the Divisional
Police Officer, DPO, in
charge of Bununu.
According to him, the DPO said since Auwalu did not
admit commiting the crime, it
will be difficult for them to
prosecute him, hence he
approached the Legal Aid
Council for assistance. Narrating her ordeal to
newsmen, the victim,
(names withheld) who said
she was a mother of four
children alleged that the
suspect diverted her to the bush instead of taking her
to the village she was
going to withtwo of her
children and threatened to
kill her if she refused to
cooperate with him. “He stabbed me with a knife
and beat me. He wrestled
with me and overpowered
me before he raped me in
the presence of my two
kids and told me I cannot doanything to him because
he would get away with the
act,” Mrs Umar added.
The Police Public Relations
Officer, ASP Hassan
Mohammed Auyo said he was not aware of the
incident but promised to
investigate the allegation.
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