Police in Kano has announced that owners of uncompleted buildings used by rapists to perpetrate crimes in Kano state will henceforth be prosecuted.

This announcement was made by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa in a popular Radio programme “Inda Ranka”.

He said that “33.3 per cent of rape cases had been perpetrated at uncompleted buildings in the state.” Kiyawa who stated that owners of uncompleted buildings used to perpetrate rape will be charged as accomplices.

Kiyawa added that the tough stance was necessitated by disturbing statistics that emanated from an investigation conducted by the command in the wake of growing cases of rape especially on minors across the state.

The police spokesperson said;

”We are warning the general public that henceforth, any rape case perpetrated in an uncompleted building, the owner would be charged as an accomplice”.

Kiyawa further revealed that the police has expanded its patrol to uncompleted buildings in every nook and crannies of the Kano city and other places in the state.