Police Arrest Herbalist Over Rape In Adamawa

Police operatives have arrested a 49-year-old herbalist, Suleiman Manzo, over alleged rape in Adamawa State.

The arrest of the herbalist popularly called Suleiman Makeri, a resident of Mallam Nura ward in Numan town followed a complaint of sexual abuse by one of his clients, a 22-year-old, who went to seek traditional medication.

According to the survivor (name withheld), who spent almost a week in a ward constructed for patients in his residence, the herbalist sexually abused her after administering an intoxicant scent that made her unconscious.

The survivor added that after recovery, she realised that the herbalist sexually abused her.

The accused, who claimed to specialise in curing ailments such as typhoid, cancer, fractures and jinn, admitted to administering herbs to her, which resulted in vomiting, applying intoxicant scent and other herbs below her navel.

The spokesman of the Adamawa State Police (PPRO) SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje said the state commissioner of police, CP Morris Dankwambo had directed that the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation, adding that upon completion, the suspect would be charged in court.