Kano State Police command on Tuesday said they have arrested a man for allegedly raping 40 people in one town over the period of a year.
A mother in Dangora town caught the man in her children’s bedroom, according to police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna. The man ran away but neighbours gave chase and caught him, he added.
According to the police, the spate of rapes included an attack on an 80-year-old and children as young as 10 years old.
Dangora is a small town in Kano state about 85 kilometres (55 miles) south-west of Kano city, making it difficult for police to access.
The chief of the town, Ahmadu Yau, told BBC’s Mansur Abubakar that the arrest of the syspect is a welcome development.
“People of Dangora are so happy at this time and we hope justice will be served appropriately.”
Residents said they had lived the last year in fear, even in their own homes, because they had heard that a serial rapist was climbing fences and raping women indoors.
“We can now sleep with our eyes closed,” one woman told the BBC.
There has been a recent wave of rapes and killing of women in Nigeria, which have led to a national outcry.
With BBC report
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