Man arrested for defiling 5-year-old girl in Zamfara

The Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested one Shuaibu Abdullahi, 27, for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl.

Confirming the incident to Punch correspondent on Sunday, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Aminu Ismail-Maru said, “The mother of the girl, Rabi Ibrahim, reported the case to the command.

“A complaint was lodged by one Rabi Ibrahim to the Intelligence Investigations Department of the NSCDC, Zamfara State, that one Shuaibu Abdullahi, 27, of the Kofar Mani area of Gusau forcefully had carnal knowledge of her five-year-old daughter of the same area.”

The mother of the victim also told the NSCDC detectives that the alleged rapist forcefully took her daughter into an uncompleted building, where he perpetrated the act.

Rabi said her daughter returned home crying and when she asked what was amiss, the little girl narrated her ordeal in the hands of the suspect.

The mother stated that a close examination of her private parts showed residue of semen and she was then rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, for medical examination and treatment.

The PRO explained that investigation into the matter was ongoing, adding that the suspect had been taken into custody and would be arraigned after the Christmas break.