The Kano state police command has threatened to prosecute owners of uncompleted buildings following the rising rape cases especially in the ancient city.
The police recently disclosed that 33.3 per cent of rape cases recorded in the state were perpetrated in uncompleted buildings.
The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Kano Thursday.
According to him, the Command has deployed its men on patrol and surveillance to such unoccupied buildings in Kano and its environs to check the trend.
He said, “We are warning the general public that henceforth, any rape case perpetrated in an uncompleted building, the owner would be charged as accomplice. Our investigation has shown that 33.3 per cent of rape cases were perpetrated at uncompleted buildings in this state.”
He said further that, “The figure has shown that children and minors are mostly raped in the uncompleted buildings in the state. All owners of uncompleted buildings in the state have been advised to quickly complete the structure or cover it in a way that criminals will not have access into the places.”
