Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources Abdulmumuni Danga has been charged to court on a seven count charge after he allegedly abducted, raped and brutalized a lady.
The police have instituted a criminal case against the Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga, after he allegedly assaulted a beauty queen named Elizabeth Oyeniyi earlier this year.
Danga is to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a seven-count charge, including rape, brutality, coercion and torture.
MediaOrchid recalls that on March 29 this year, Ms. Elizabeth Oyeniyi accused Mr Danga of Abduction, Brutality and Rape over a Facebook post she made pleading with the commissioner on Facebook to help his sister financially, who apparently is her longtime friend.
Showing the marks allegedly inflicted on her by the commissioner, Elizabeth said at the time: "After making the post, they started attacking me on social media and he sent some guys to come and get me.
"On getting to me, they flogged me. He flogged me himself, stripped me naked and made a video of me threatening to post it when next I make any public comment about it.
"They also made me apologize that what I said about him was not true under duress. I had to do so because they were all over me.
"The commissioner also smashed my phone and destroyed it totally, saying that maybe I might have been recording what was happening or I have been recording before getting there."
Elizabeth said Danga could have killed her but for her son who was with her.
She said the commissioner stripped her while at least 15 men, who worked for him, watched and filmed her humiliation.
After the attack, Mr Danga allegedly drove her to a hotel close to the Kogi State House in Lokoja, the state capital, where he allegedly forcefully raped her three times overnight, the victim claimed after her release.
The state promised to launch an investigation into the matter.
During the investigation, activist Segun "Segalink" Awosanya claimed there has been pressure from the state governor and others in the political class to pervert justice.
Five months after investigation began, the police have instituted a criminal case against the commissioner after questioning all parties involved.
Abdulmumuni Danga appeared in the police headquarters in Abuja on June 2 and July 5 for interrogation.
Danga is to be arraigned alongside one Success Omadivi, 35, who was also indicted in the course of investigation.
According to court documents, the case filed on September 4 will be prosecuted by the police on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Some of the offences leveled against Danga include falsification of documents and threatening medical officers to forge test result, having carnal knowledge of Ms Onyeniyi without her consent, inflicting physical injury and torture by flogging.
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