HIV carrier arrested for raping 17-year-old girl with sickle cell disease
Story by Dajen Comfort Yakubu
The Mabushi Police Division in Abuja has arrested Peter Ugan, an HIV/AIDS carrier for allegedly raping a teenager with sickle cell, Ngozi (surname withheld).
Ugan, aged 34, was taken into custody by detectives from the Mabushi Division on Monday, January 6, after he was almost lynched by a mob.
The mob said he lured the girl into a room and molested her, making the teenager bleed non-stop.
Aware of the gravity of his act, Ugan locked Ngozi inside the room so that she would not leave to expose him, and went to purchase medications not prescribed by any doctor for the girl.
His aim, as he later told Nigerian Tribune, was to stop the bleeding and ease the excruciating pain the girl was in.
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Information gathered revealed that Ngozi, who was staying with her aunt in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, came to Abuja to register at the Government Day Secondary School, Mabushi, to complete her secondary school education when the incident occurred.
The first week she came, Ugan reportedly approached her for dating but being a young girl, she started avoiding him. On January 6, 2025, Ugan was said to have come to the room of his friend, Isaac, who lives in one of the uncompleted buildings in a compound whose owner is late.
On this fateful day, when the suspect saw the girl passing by, he called her to help him buy a sachet of water.
When the 17-year-old girl went to collect money to buy the water, Ugan reportedly dragged her inside, pushed her to the floor and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her where she started bleeding from her private part.
Newsmen learnt that Ugan locked Ngozi inside, went out and returned with some medications for her to take.
He also started cleaning her legs when he saw that the blood was still flowing nonstop. Thereafter, he allowed her to leave.
On her return home, her mother, Mrs Elizabeth Aroh, seeing her daughter’s condition, became distraught. It was said that Ugan was about to escape when the mob caught up with him and beat him black and blue.
A credible source revealed that the suspect would have been killed but for some neighbours who made a distress call to the FCT police command to come to his rescue.
Promptly, CP Olatunji Disu directed the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Mabushi Division to go to the scene where the suspect was rescued and taken into custody.
The girl’s mother also brought her to the police station, while she was still bleeding profusely. The girl reportedly collapsed and fainted twice, and was rushed to the emergency unit at Maitama General Hospital.
An emergency surgery was performed on the victim to stop the bleeding. It was further gathered that Ngozi had to be transfused with two pints of blood for her to stabilise.
As it is usually done, the Investigating Police Officer took the suspect to the hospital for tests and the results of tests conducted on Ugan showed that he is HIV positive.
During interrogation, Ugan told the police that he didn’t know he was HIV positive because he had some tests six months before that time.
Suspect denied rape allegations
In an interview, however, Ugan, who disclosed that he was working as a Front Desk Officer in an eatery, claimed that Ngozi was his girlfriend.
He said: “She (Ngozi) was my girlfriend. I approached her for dating and she accepted. I started the relationship with her over two weeks before the incident. On January 6, I went to my friend’s house to cook and she came to visit me when she saw me. My friend lives in the same premises with her parents.
“She ate with me and we were playing. While we were together, I asked her if we could make love and she said yes. It was between 11 am and 12 noon. I brought out my condom and had s3x with her. That was when I discovered that she was a virgin, and she started bleeding.”
He continued: “After the s3x, she started bleeding. I asked her why she didn’t tell me that she was a virgin. I stepped out to get her some medications, but she told me to lock the door when going as she was scared and would not want anyone to come in. I told her it would be bad if I locked her in but she said it did not matter.
“So, I locked the door and went to get some medications like Flagyl, Buscopan and Diclofenac. I bought a malt drink and she took the medicines. I bought another food for her. She washed up and stood up, saying that she was going.
“After she left, I went to my residence. I tried to explain to my cousin what happened and he told me that we would need to go to her parents’ house to explain things and offer to take care of her if there’s a need for proper treatment.
“We were about to go when I saw people, four security men, the girl’s mother and her siblings. I was taken to the police station and detained. The following day, I was brought out and taken for a test.”
“I thought her looks were natural, I didn’t know she had sickle cell disease. Also, I didn’t know I was HIV positive. The Police took me to the hospital for tests and when the results were out, I was told that I was HIV-positive.
“Honestly, I didn’t know I had it in my system. I used a condom because I didn’t want to get her pregnant. I was not also ready to start a family as I don’t have the capacity for now,” he said.
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