A moneylender in Abuja has admitted to sexually assaulting a woman and recording her naked after she defaulted on a N600,000 loan, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has said.
The suspect, identified as Ahmed Usman, was arrested after the nursing mother reported the alleged assault to the police at Lugbe Division on November 5.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed the incident in a video posted on her Facebook page on Wednesday, where the suspect was paraded.
Adeh said Usman specialised in lending money to widows and vulnerable women, demanding weekly interest payments from borrowers.
According to the police, the suspect lent the victim N600,000, with a weekly interest payment of N30,000 in addition to the principal.
The woman reportedly defaulted on a payment due to poor sales and approached Usman with N24,000, the amount she could afford.
Adeh alleged that the suspect pushed the woman into his Toyota vehicle, threatened her with a knife and drove her to a secluded location behind the chief’s palace in Lugbe, where he sexually assaulted her.
The police spokesperson said Usman also threatened to kill the victim if she failed to pay, prompting her to raise the money and transfer it to him before reporting the incident.
Adeh said police operatives tracked and arrested the suspect, adding that he attempted to flee with an officer in his vehicle during the operation but was eventually apprehended.
During the parade, Usman admitted lending the woman N600,000 and collecting N30,000 weekly.
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He also confessed to asking the woman to undress, sexually assaulting her and recording her naked.
“I asked her to take off her clothes, naked her and I video her, even ask her to open her vagina, I video her,” he said.
The suspect further admitted driving away with a police officer during the arrest, claiming he returned after discovering that the officer was the Divisional Police Officer.
Usman, who said he was from Nasarawa State, disclosed that he was married with six children and pleaded for forgiveness.
Adeh said investigations were ongoing, adding that the command was working with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on the case.
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