The Katsina State Police
Command, have arraigned Hamisu Galadima, a primary school teacher, before a
senior magistrate’s court for allegedly raping seven girls in Faskari local
government area.
The police prosecutor, ASP
Hashimu Musa, told the court that the suspect was arrested following complaints
by the victims’ parents.
He said that all the girls
were not above nine-years-old.
He said that the First
Information Report (FIR) indicated that the incident occurred at Tashar-icce
village in Faskari local government area. Musa told the court that Galadima
lured the girls into an office after school hours and had sexual intercourse with
them at different occasions.
He said that the girls’
parents reported the case to the police after which the suspect was arrested
for investigations.
The prosecutor added that
the girls were treated at Funtua General Hospital. He said that the offence was
punishable under the section 283 of the penal code. The magistrate, Mr
Abdulkarim Ahmed-Umar, adjourned the case till Sept. 24, for mention and
ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody.
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