Lagos State Police Command has paraded a self-named Muslim cleric, Mustapha Hammed after admitting to putting a live frog in the water the undergraduate used to bath during the cleansing process.

A twenty-nine-year-old female student of the College of Education, Akoka, Lagos, had visited a Hammed for spiritual cleaning to avert calamity, was allegedly barking like a dog after undergoing the cleansing in Ikorodu area of Lagos.

An investigation by the police revealed that the suspect raped the lady upon discovering that she was a student.

Thereafter, he allegedly wiped the blood with a piece of cloth.

Briefing newsmen at the command headquarters, Police Commissioner, Imohimi Edgal, said: “On July 12, 2018, a case of sexual assault by penetration was brought from Bariga Police Station to Gender Section for further investigation. The suspect, Mustapha Hammed who claims to be an Alfa. was introduced to the survivor through a mutual friend.

“The Alfa deceived the victim that he saw in a vision that she was going to die within 24 hours. He took the girl to Ikorodu, Lagos for cleansing so that she would not die.

“At Ikorodu, he forcefully had carnal knowledge of the girl said to be a virgin as at then. He thereafter allegedly wiped off her blood with a white handkerchief and since then, her father alleged that the girl has been behaving abnormally because she was completely devastated and traumatized by the incident”.

When approached, the suspect admitted to having raped the victim but denied wiping the blood with a cloth.

He said his girlfriend brought the victim to him for consultation and in the process, concluded to marry her.

The suspect, according to the police boss, would be charged to court.