67 years old Yahaya Umar is now a guest of Kaduna State Police Command, having been caught in the act defiling his neighbour's six years old daughter.
DSP Zubeiru Abuja while confirming the arrest of the suspect in Kaduna on Sunday said that preliminary investigation revealed that the minor had earlier been abused by another neighbour.
“Medical reports showed that one Mohammed Auwal, 30, who happened to be her neighbour had earlier uncovered the girl’s nakedness and he was arrested in connection to the case and investigation is ongoing.," he said.
He assured that the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigation.
Mother of the victim, Mrs Hindatu Mohammed narrated her child's ordeal to correspondents.
said the incident occurred on Monday 13th June, 2016 at about 1pm in their residential apartment located in Tudun Wada, Kaduna.
"After my daughter Safiya, six years old returned from school, I sent her to go and buy detergent for me, but she didn’t return early as expected.
“So I became worried and began looking for her. Then one boy came to my house to inform me that my daughter had just been raped. That boy told me that it was a woman who was passing by that caught the old man in the act in an uncompleted building within the area and her call for help resulted in his arrest.
“So I went to see for myself in the company of my co-wife. We went to the police station at Tudun Nupawa.
“When we reached the Police station, I learnt that my daughter had been taken to hospital for test to ascertain if she was actually raped, and it was confirmed that she was raped.
“I am so afraid that she might be infected with HIV/Aids and I was told that after the Doctors investigation, it was discovered that she had been raped earlier by another person before the 67 years old man
“And it was our neighbor Mohammed Auwal my daughter identified and the police have already arrested him. They are both in police custody. Initially, I didn’t even know that this other person has been raping my daughter because we are neighbours,” she said.
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