The Nasarawa State Police Command has come out to deny claims that more than 30 female students of the Federal University, Lafia were raped by bandits during a recent attack.
The police revealed that investigations have shown that the report is false.
Speaking to PunchNG, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, disclosed that bandits didn’t invade any school in Lafia to forcefully sleep with female students.
According to him, the police immediately contacted the institution’s Chief Security Officer and information officer when the news broke, and neither of them confirmed any such incident.
He stated that even students of the school denied any rape incident happening in the educational institution.
“That report is false. Bandits entered into the school and raped over 30 female students? Our findings show that the report is not true.
We also got across to the Chief Security Officer of the institution, and the information officer of the school, they said there was no reported incident of such. We spoke with some students they said nothing of such happened. If it truly happened, the students would be vocal about it.
However, on July 27, we received a report of robbery in the student village area. One cellphone, a power bank, and a handbag belonging to a student named Jennifer were stolen. One male student was also injured while trying to escape. There was no report of rape. That was the report we had. Over 30 female students raped? Haba! If there was, there’s no need to hide it; we are not the cause,” he said.
Also reacting to the rumour, a user on X, @deehsarasheed, who is a student leader at the institution, described the claim as fake and misleading.
He disclosed that the attack occurred at the student village, and it only involved robbery cases.
“This report is fake and stands condemned.
Here is the gist exactly as it happened: Student village were attacked by the criminals not hostel Several rooms were robbed. Only one student was r@pped and that was because she was found naked after they bagged into her room (she herself state that she was laying naked).
The school hostel has never been attacked due to presence of heavy security at all time, hence the reason it’s even competitive to get.
The school has four female hostels as against one for male. I am a student of the school and among the student leaders,” the user added.
