FCT Police Arrest Abuja Lender Over Alleged Rape, Blackmail of Women
By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
The FCT Police Command has arrested a suspected predatory moneylender, Usman Mohammed, over allegations of raping, assaulting, intimidating and blackmailing several women in Abuja over debts owed to him.
The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, explaining that the arrest followed a complaint lodged at Lugbe Police Station on November 6, 2026, at about 7:05 p.m.
According to the police, operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer traced the suspect to the Federal Housing Authority, Lugbe. He allegedly attempted to escape upon sighting the officers but was chased, intercepted and arrested before reaching the expressway.
Preliminary investigations reportedly identified Mohammed as a resident of FHA Lugbe who targeted women, including widows and other vulnerable persons, through predatory lending practices.
The police alleged that in his latest incident, the suspect lured a female borrower into his vehicle and drove her to an isolated location in Lugbe, where he sexually assaulted and raped her. He also allegedly forced her to strip naked, recorded videos of her private parts and threatened to release them publicly and kill her if she failed to meet his repayment demands.
The suspect is currently in police custody and undergoing interrogation, while the Command said he would be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.
The Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, condemned violence, sexual exploitation, intimidation and cyberbullying, urging residents, particularly vulnerable persons, to report cases of abuse, threats and blackmail to the nearest police station or through the Command’s emergency lines: 08032003913 and 08061581938.
