25-year-old Arrested For Raping 7-year-old Girl in Niger State

A 25-year-old Abdul Abubakar, has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command  for raping a seven- year-old girl, Fatima Abubakar on  August 30, 2013

The girl was a groundnut hawker around Abattoir area of Bosso Local Government of the state.

The suspect , an indigene of Ozi village in Koto Karfen Local Government of the state, pretended that he wanted to buy N20 worth of groundnuts from her and lured the little girl into his room.

According to Nigerian Tribune, the suspect, who claimed to be an SSS3 pupil of Community Secondary School  in Kogi State, grabbed the girl and dragged her into his room where he raped her.

“On getting to his room, he offered to give the girl N40.00 as he began to caress her body and later raped her,” the source stated.

After the incident, the suspect opened the door of his room so that the girl could leave his room, while he escaped through the back door.

When Fatimo regained consciousness, she began to cry,  attracting the attention of an elderly woman in the neighbourhood.

Fatimo  was said to have related her ordeal to the old woman who cleaned her up and took her to her parent’s house.

A search party was launched for the suspect by her parents with some sympathisers in the neighbourhood, which led to the arrest of the suspect.

Thereafter, the suspect was said to have confessed to the crime,  saying  “prior to the time of the rape of the girl,   I did  not know her.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, Niger State Police Command, Mr. Richard Adamu Oguche, confirmed the incident.