39-year-old businessman Abdul Abdul was arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl by the police in Jos after buying ₦20 sachet water in her mother’s makeshift store.
The crime was allegedly committed by the married Abdul on the 8th of June 2020, when he went into the shop to buy water.
The Father of six who resides in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area, on Monday spoke to journalist behind bars in Jos. 
The suspect narrated: “On June 8, it was raining heavily, and I needed a place to take shelter after alighting from the tricycle, so I went into the shop, opposite a house I am building.
“I bought a sachet of water from the girl after which we started discussing.
“I placed my hand on her shoulder, and she did not resist, so I went ahead to make attempts to have sex with her.”
The suspect added that he didn’t know what came over him when he had ‘sex’ with the 13-year-old girl.
The suspect said, “She pulled down her leggings herself and told me not to ejaculate inside of her, immediately I ‘released’ on the side of her laps she ran out screaming which attracted neighbours.
“She is someone I know, we all live on the same street.
“It was after everything that my eyes opened and I realised what happened, I did not force her; she agreed to have sex with me,” Abdul Abdul concluded his story.
Addressing Journalists Mr Edwin Enegbenoise, the police prosecutor in charge of the case said the accused has been charged to the state High Court and would appear before Justice J. Bakfur soonest.
