SHOCKING: 54-year-old woman raped to death by suspected herdsman

Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a suspected herdsman identified as Laulo Isa for allegedly raping a 54-year-old Ebonyi woman to death.

Although the victim, Mrs. Mary Okereke, 54, reportedly struggled with Isa after insulted him for demanding sex, he was quick to blame alcohol and anger for the heinous act he carried out after overpowering her.

According to Punch, the allegedly raped took place in Ugwulangwu community, Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state, on December 28, 2019 while the victim was returning from the farm, before the suspected herdsman accosted her, dragged her into a nearby bush and raped her to death.

The suspect further added that he was not in his right frame of mind when he committed the act, saying, “I highly regret my actions.”

He said, ”I am Laulo Isa. I am from Nassarawa State. I came to work here in Ebonyi. I was seriously drunk and saw a woman in the night walking along the road alone. 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.

“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 (it) 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 just 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 Commissioner of Police, Awotunde Awosola, assured journalists that the suspect would be prosecuted for the crime and added that, “Through the concerted efforts of my DPO in Ohaozara LGA, with the assistance of the youths in the community, they began a search for the suspect, who unfortunately left his cap and slippers in a bid to escape from that scene.

“So, with the assistance from two other Fulani guys, we were able to identify him through that cap and slippers and he was subsequently arrested and he is now with us and he is going to face the full weight of the law.”

The Police Commissioner noted that the deceased had been deposited at the hospital for autopsy.