Man Admits to Assaulting and Filming Woman Over Loan

A man arrested by the Federal Capital Territory Police has confessed to sexually assaulting and filming a woman after she failed to repay a N600,000 loan.

The suspect, Ahmed Usman, was shown to the public by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, in a video shared on her Facebook page on Wednesday.

Adeh explained that Usman focused on lending money to widows and vulnerable women, demanding weekly interest payments from them.

The incident that led to his arrest was reported to the Lugbe Division on November 5. Usman allegedly abducted and assaulted a woman, a nursing mother, who did not meet her weekly payment.

According to Adeh, Usman lent the woman N600,000 and asked for N30,000 every week as interest, in addition to the loan amount. The woman missed a payment due to low sales and went to meet Usman with N24,000, the amount she could gather.

She claimed Usman forced her into his vehicle, threatened her with a knife, and drove her to a hidden spot near the chief’s palace in Lugbe, where he sexually assaulted her.

Adeh said Usman threatened to kill the woman if she did not pay him. This pushed her to gather the money and transfer it to him before she reported the matter to the police.

Police officers tracked down the suspect and arrested him. He tried to escape with a police officer who was in his vehicle, but he was caught eventually.

During the parade, Usman admitted to lending the woman N600,000 and collecting N30,000 weekly as payments. He also admitted to making her undress, having sexual intercourse with her, and recording her while she was naked.

"I loan money to women. So this fateful woman, she took loan from me, 600,000. Normally she used to pay 30,000 weekly, and finally the day she defaulted to pay, I called her, invited her over. She came to my car, which is a Toyota car. And I asked her to take off her dress. So, after videoing her, I made love to her," he said.

When Adeh asked how he recorded the woman, Usman replied, "I video her. I asked her to take off her clothes, naked her and I video her, even ask her to open her vagina, I video her."

He also confessed to driving away with a police officer during the arrest operation. He explained that he later found out the officer was the Divisional Police Officer and returned to drop him off.

"When I find out that it was DPO, I have to go and make U-turn, and bring him back and drop him. That is what happened," he said.

Usman, a native of Nasarawa State, mentioned that he is married and has six children. He asked for forgiveness during the interview.

"I am very sorry to my children and my wife. Please, let me have a second chance. I will be the best father and the best citizen of this country. Please," he said.

Adeh stated that the investigation is ongoing and that the command is collaborating with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on the case.