18-Year-Old Arrested For Raping His 70-Year-Old Grandmother
Rape has taken another shape as a teen boy allegedly had carnal knowledge of an aged woman in Jos.
According to a report made available to newsmen on Friday morning by the Police in Plateau State, an eighteen-year-old young man was arrested for raping his aged grandma.
Insp. Mulleng Alex, the officer handling the rape case revealed that the culprit who was identified as Marvellous Luka, had raped his 70-year-old grandmother.
He said that Luka who is a resident of Dangu-gu Village, Ampang West District of Mangu, Plateau was arrested for having carnal knowledge of his grandmother and that he will soon be arraigned before a High Court in Pankshin, Plateau.
“I was ‘sexually charged and I couldn’t help myself at that moment and resort to having sex with her, so My grandmother cried for help but I overpowered her and had my way,” said the Luka.
“She tried holding me down but I escaped and ran to a market where I push wheelbarrow for a living.
“I later saw a group of people who came after me, beat me up and handed me over to the police.
“It is the devil’s handwork, I want my grandfather and the elders in my village to forgive me.”
Also confirming the incident, a neighbour to the victim, Mrs Mary Samuel said that she heard the victim shouting for help while she fetching water from the tap.
”I was shocked at what I saw. I tried to hold him down but he escaped. I raised an alarm and he was later apprehended in a market where he works.”
”I took a wrapper which was on the floor and covered the woman,” she said.