A 45-year-old woman was on Sunday gang-raped by gunmen in Abakaliki.
The victim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that this group of men were armed numbering about five in numbers,the forcefully pulled her down from the commercial tricycle (Keke) she boarded.
According to her, the group of men forced her into the Keke they also boarded and drove the drove off, alongside two motorcycles they hired.
“Taking her to a swampy bush behind the San Diego Hotel, Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki, where they gang-raped her, tortured her and abandoned her tthier... thinking I was dead.
When a passabye came to my rescue and informed the police who took me to a hospital where I was placed on intensive medication.
She said the attack was premeditated, alleging that the gunmen might had been hired by her estranged husband who hailed from Enugu.
“I reported him at the Family Law Centre,Abakaliki, over his incessant assault and inhuman treatment which causes me deep physical and emotional trauma.
“During the last sitting of the Centre’s court, he boasted that my case with him will end when I am ‘eliminated’.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ebonyi Police Command , DSP George Okafor, who confirmed the story, assured that the command would get to the root of the matter.
“No arrest has been made so far on the issue, as we are currently concentrating on saving the woman’s life.
“Investigations into the matter will, however, be pursued to its logical conclusion, to apprehend and prosecute the culprits,” he said. (NAN)
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