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The Nigerian Police Force has paraded members of a family for torturing a 13-year-old girl with hot water and pepper over N5000 theft.
The commissioner of police in the state David Iloyanomon disclosed this to journalists at the police headquarters in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital.
According to him, the state command had received a complaint on the 1st of July, 2024 at Yorro Division, that one Bulus Bitonopa tortured one Bridget Samuel, causing temporal paralysis of her hands while one Hon. Cleopas, took the victim to his house in Jalingo in a bid to conceal the crime, failed to take the victim to the Hospital and resisted police intervention.
A visit to the Federal Medical Centre Jalingo showed that the 13-year-old girl, may not use two of her hands henceforth following the act of torture.
According to her, two of her uncles tied her two hands with a black rubber, dipped them into a bowl of hot water, and added pepper and sand to it.
She is falsely accused of stealing ₦5000 from the purse of the uncle’s wife.
She narrates, ” They tied me around 3:00 PM until around 11:00 AM the following day when another uncle of mine stepped in, untied me and took me to a nearby clinic for medical attention.
Meanwhile, at least 38 persons suspected to be kidnappers, armed robbery and illegal possession of firearms have been arrested by the police in the state.
A breakdown of the suspects and their involvements according to the police commissioner reveals that 12 out of the 38 suspects have been charged to court, with 26 others under investigation.
He revealed that while acting on credible intelligence and in collaboration with local vigilante groups apprehended six kidnapping syndicates On 20th June 2024.
According to him, one AK-47 rifle and 20 rounds of 6.62mm live ammunition, 3 SMG rifles with 20 rounds of live ammunition, one mark4 rifle with 10 rounds of live ammunition, and one starlet vehicle, were recovered as exhibits and all suspects made confessional statements of involvement in the commission of the crimes.
” On 4th July 2024, police operatives attached to SID in collaboration with FIDSTS from Abuja arrested one Saidu Sale of Ibi local government area who conspired with his cohorts and kidnapped a lady and collected the sum of 1,500,000 as ransom”
” One AK-47 rifle, three magazines, and three rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition were recovered as exhibits.