Nigerian in Custody for Allegedly Raping Student at USIU Hostel

Police have arrested a Nigerian man who is suspected to have raped a United States International University (USIU) student at a university hostel in Nairobi. The 19-year-old Nigerian citizen is said to have gone into hiding after the incident before police arrested him on Wednesday.

Police said that they are questioning him over the raping of an 18-year-old female student at United States International University-Africa.

It is alleged that the man raped the female student on May 19 at the student hostels in Kasarani estate, Nairobi.

He was arrested at 7pm on Wednesday, a week after the incident was reported at the Kasarani Police Station in Nairobi.