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Niger State Police Command has arrested one, Bala Aliyu, 26, for raping a 10-year-old girl in Bosso Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, January 1 2025, said the suspect also threatened to kill the victim if she revealed the incident to anyone.
According to the PPRO, the victim was sent to deliver a message to Bala’s wife on December 14, 2024 but she was not home.
While delivering the message to him, Bala dragged her into the room and forcefully defiled her.
“On 25/12/2024 at about 4pm, a report of a suspected defilement was made at Bosso Div, that on 24/12/2024 at about 6.30pm, an unusual observation was noticed on the complainant’s daughter named Hauwa 10yrs of El-Waziri area of Bosso and when checked, bruises were observed at her private part,” the statement read.