Gender Based Violence: Yobe CP condemned the act, arrested suspect
Gender Based Violence: Yobe CP condemned the act, arrested suspect
By Yusuf Bukar Biriri.
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested one Mika’ilu Abdulkarim, 35 years of Tsirma Village, Jigawa State, for allegedly defiling an 8-year-old girl, Hafsat Babagana of Garin Alkali in Bursari Local Government Area.
In a statement made available to newsmen by the police public relations officer, Yobe police command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said the suspect reportedly lured the minor, who is said to be of unsound mind, with a promise of 500 naira and had unlawful carnal knowledge of her at Garin Alkali Market.
Police operatives from the Garin Alkali Division swiftly arrested the suspect following a report by the victim’s father. Both suspect and victim were taken to the Specialist Hospital, Gashu’a for medical examination.
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The case has been transferred to the State CID, Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, for further investigation, and the suspect will be charged in court thereafter.
The Commissioner of Police, Yobe state command, CP Emmanuel Ado, condemned the act and urged parents to remain vigilant while calling on communities to support efforts against sexual and gender-based violence.
Gender Based Violence: Yobe CP condemned the act, arrested suspect
