The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Niger said it had arrested two suspected rapists in Kontagora Local Government Area.
The suspects are: Abdul Mohammed, 25 and Naziru Salisu, 23.
Philip Ayuba, the Commandant of the Corps in the state, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Thursday, said the third suspect identified as Bayo was at large.
He said that the suspects were arrested by officers of the Corps who were on routine patrol in Kontagora town.
Ayuba explained that the Corp had commenced a comprehensive investigation to unravel the reason why the suspects committed the crime.
He said that during interrogation the two suspects confessed to the crime but pleaded for clemency.
He said that the 17-year-old victim of their dastardly act had been taken to Kontagora general hospital for comprehensive medical test.
The commandant said all the suspects would be charged to court.
He warned parents against allowing their female children go to isolated places alone as cases of rape were becoming rampant.
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