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Arrested Herdsman Admits To Being Drunk And Angry When He Raped 54-Year-Old Woman To Death
Laolu Isa, a 20-year-old herdsman, has confessed to raping to death a 54-year-old Mrs. Mary Okereke in Ebonyi State.
Laolu was paraded at the Ebonyi State Police Command in Abakaliki on Monday 30th December. The suspect said he committed the crime under the influence of alcohol. According to the herdsman, the deceased insulted him and that brought about a struggle between them, he overpowered her, then raped her to death.
The incident happened in Ufuezeraku, Ugwulangwu in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Saturday 28th December.
Laolu, while speaking to newsmen said;
” I am Laolu Isa, I am from Nassarawa. I came to work here in Ebonyi. I was seriously drunk and saw a woman in the night walking along the road. I approached her for sex and she started abusing me"
“We started abusing ourselves and I immediately pounced on her and she started struggling with me to free herself. I was seriously drunk at that time. As I was on her, a man who was passing flashed his torchlight on me and I ran away”.
"I don't know whether I was having sex with her but she was on the ground with me. I did not hit her with any object but is like I had sex with her for one round. We were both on the ground when a man flashed a light on me and I ran away".
“I am not happy with what I did and I want to die. I want to die!, I want to die!! I have never done this type of thing since God created me on this earth. I am begging for forgiveness”
The state police commissioner, Awotunde Awosola, while reacting to his arrest said Isa would be charged to court soon.
”On December 28, 2019, at about 8:pm, one Laolu Isa a herdsman aged 20 years accosted and waylaid one 54 years old Mary Okereke on Ufuezeraku Ugwulangwu road in Ohaozara local government area. There was a struggle between the two of them but he overpowered the woman and had carnal knowledge of the woman. Unfortunately, the woman lost her life during the incident” he said
The commissioner of police added that it was the joint effort of Fulani herdsmen that led to the arrest of Isa who had fled the scene of the incident, abandoning his belongings