10-Year-Old Girl Raped By Her Aunti’s Husband And Four Others

A piece of sad and shocking news available to us has it that the youths in the Igabi Local Government Area in Kuduna State have rescued a 10-year-old girl who was subjected to rape by five men including her aunt’s husband.

According to reports, the victim’s mother reported her to her aunt’s husband for refusing to hawk and he also took advantage of the situation and introduced her to two of his relatives and subjected her to rape.

The victim is currently in the custody of Hajiya Rabi Salisu of Arida Foundation of Nigeria (AFN).

According to Hajiya Rabi,

“The girl reported to her mother when she started seeing blood in her urine and the mother warned the sister’s husband to stay away from her.

“However, since the girl continued to hawk, in the process, she met a man selling fairly-used clothes in the market, who bought her a school sandal and also began abusing her.

“Subsequently, a bakery owner also joined the queue after buying cooked rice that she was hawking. At the end of the day, about five men were sexually exploiting her.

She also revealed that the girl has been taken to the hospital for medical checks and bruises while four of the suspects have been apprehended by the police.

“We don’t know where the victim’s mother is at the moment, but her father is disabled and cannot move.

“So, he has handed her over to us to help her get justice and also enroll her in school. One of the suspects is at large and we are waiting on the police to inform us of the arraignment date at the state magistrates’ court,” she added.

The arrest was confirmed by the Kaduna State Police Command spokesperon,  ASP Mohammed Jalige who also added that two of the suspects have already confessed to the crime.

“The other two have not confessed yet, and we are still carrying out investigation.” he said.