A man, Arome Danjuma, has been arrested by men of the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly ambushing and stripping a lady, identified simply as Alami naked.
It was gathered that the suspect, aided by his friend, who is now at large, also posted the video on social media.
The crime was committed in Achigili village around Abocho in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya.
Aya, who vowed that Danjuma will face the wrath of the law, during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Lokoja on Saturday, said the command was still doing investigation to apprehend the other suspect who is on the run.
He also added that the culprit will soon be charged to court.
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Narrating her ordeal, Alami told the police that one of the suspects approached her for marriage which she refused.
However, she said she was attacked around 8pm last week Sunday on her way back from work and forced to the suspect’s house.
“Another person was waiting in his house carrying a knife and axe, threatening to kill me if I don’t pull off my clothes.
“I had no other option than to obey them. If not, they would have killed me in the room. When I pulled off my clothes, they started filming my nakedness and later posted it on the internet. They just want to ruin my life.”
Speaking during an interview, the prime suspect, Arome Danjuma confessed to have committed the crime, stressing that he conspired with his friend to commit the atrocity.
Reacting to the incident, the Commissioner of Women Affairs, who was represented by the Director Research Planning and Statistics, Ministry of Women Affairs, who is also the Secretary of the Kogi State GBV Technical Workgroup, Mr. Oseni Isaac described the incident as one of the most barbaric in recent times.
He described the act as animalistic which will never be acceptable in Kogi State.
Isaac noted that the ministry is out to fight any act of gender-based violence in the state, warning that it will no longer be business as usual for anyone who intends to perpetrate gender-based violence in Kogi State.