The said Fulani herdsmen did not only beat and rap them, they also made away with their monies (N60,000) and two phones. Sadly, the teenager who was most affected was thoroughly beaten and raped to the extent that she could neither walk nor talk.
The two adult victims (housewives) further disclosed their ordeals and spoke at intervals while in tears. Thus;
"The men with their leader came to our home in the afternoon and pleaded that we give them water to drink.
“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.
“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.”
“After defiling us, they beat us mercilessly and collected over N60,000 from us and also took away our handsets.”
The women who identified the leader of the gang as a well known man in the community said he fled from the area with his family and cattle shortly after the incident. Report from a police source reveals that one of the suspects had been arrested while the hunt for the leader of the gang and seven others had begun.
The victims have been taken to an undisclosed hospital in Makurdi for medical attention.
Culled from Vanguard
MAKURDI —
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