A 32-year-old farmer in Kaduna state, identified as Shekari David,
has confessed to raping his mother and mother-in-law, saying a spirit
pushes him to older women.
David was recently arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT.
He was nabbed in connection to several armed robberies and rape attacks in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The 32-year-old has confessed to raping his own mother and mother-in-law who he said were between the ages of 65 and 70.
David also confessed to the IRT that his wife had abandoned him and
married another man because of his penchant for raping older women.
He was reportedly arrested in his hideout in Manchie area of Kaura
LGA following a tip off by a member of a vigilante while a stolen
motorcycle was also recovered from him.
The vigilante man also described David as a notorious serial rapist
who specialized in raping older women residing within Manchie and
environ.
Members of the community were said to have reported to the vigilante
that on two occasions, David raped his own mother and his mother-in-law.
In his confession, David said, “I am a farmer and I was once married
but my wife abandoned me due to my penchant for raping older women.
“I don’t know if I am under a spell but whenever I am drunk a spirit
comes into me and I will be going around looking for women. I have been
beaten over this issue severally but I still can’t control myself
whenever I get drunk.
“I raped my mother during our last Moroha Festival after I got drunk.
I couldn’t find any old woman to rape and when I got home I found my
mother sleeping and I penetrated and raped her.
“My mother screamed when she saw me on top of her and our neighbours
gathered. Everyone saw that I was drunk and when I became sober I begged
her for forgiveness and she accepted.
“When my wife heard about it she was angry and she left the house and
went back to her parent before she later found another man who married
her.
“Not long after that, I attended another festival in my wife’s
community known as Mahuta and I became drunk again. In the night I went
to the house of my ex-wife’s mother and found her sleeping. I then raped
my mother-in-law but the woman shouted and people came around and
caught me.
“I was given a beaten of my life before I was asked to go. I don’t
know what usually comes over me when I am drunk. That spirit normally
pushes me to rape older women.”