A man arrested by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Ahmed Usman, has admitted to sexually assaulting a woman and recording her naked after she defaulted on a ₦600,000 loan. The suspect was paraded by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, in a video shared on her Facebook page on Wednesday.
Adeh said Usman allegedly specialized in lending money to widows and vulnerable women before imposing weekly interest payments. She explained that the incident was reported to the police at the Lugbe Division on November 5 after the suspect allegedly abducted and assaulted a nursing mother over a missed repayment. According to the police spokesperson, Usman had given the woman a ₦600,000 loan and required her to pay ₦30,000 weekly as interest, in addition to repaying the principal.
The woman reportedly missed a payment because of poor sales and approached him with the ₦24,000 she had available. Adeh alleged that Usman pushed the woman into his Toyota vehicle, threatened her with a knife and drove her to an isolated location behind the chief’s palace in Lugbe, where he sexually assaulted her. The suspect allegedly threatened to kill the woman if she failed to pay. She subsequently raised the money and transferred it to him before reporting the incident to the police.
The police spokesperson said officers tracked Usman and arrested him. During the operation, he allegedly attempted to escape with a police officer in his vehicle before he was eventually apprehended. While speaking during his parade, Usman admitted lending the woman ₦600,000 and collecting weekly payments of ₦30,000. He also confessed to asking her to remove her clothes, sexually assaulting her and recording her naked.
He further admitted that he drove away with a police officer during the arrest operation but claimed he later realized the officer was the Divisional Police Officer and returned to drop him off. Usman, who identified himself as a native of Nasarawa State, disclosed that he was married with six children. He pleaded for forgiveness, expressing regret over his actions. Adeh said investigations were ongoing and that the police command was collaborating with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on the case.
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