The Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested four people accused of genital mutilation, gang rape of juveniles, and other criminal activities in Pandogari town, Rafi Local Government area of the state.<\/p>\n
The State Corps\u2019 Commander, Mr Joachim Okafor, who confirmed their arrest in Minna, said they were apprehended using a confirmed intelligence gathering apparatus put in place by the Divisional Command.<\/p>\n
According to the state Corps commandant: \u201cThe arrest is part of the mandate of the Corps in ensuring the protection of Critical National Assets and infrastructures, safe school initiatives, as well as the protection of lives and properties in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n
The accused are Aliyu Amiru (20), Suleiman Abubakar Gambo (19), and Yusuf Malam Murtala (22).<\/p>\n
They are all Pandogari residents. Okafor, speaking through DCC Abdulhameed Kabara, claimed that the syndicate gang-raped a 13-year-old JSS 1 student (name withheld) at Day Secondary School in Pandogari after drugging her with a chemical.
\nHe said that on Thursday, May 2, 2024, the Principal of the School alerted Corps operatives about the syndicate\u2019s actions, \u201cand immediately, a strategy was perfected, by using the victim as bait, that led to the arrest of a member of the gang.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, the victim informed the command officers that in 2022, Aliyu Amiru and other members of his syndicate kidnapped her and carried her to the outskirts of town, where they gang-raped her in an unfinished structure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile in their captivity, she said a little boy of less than two years was brought and, in her presence, his manhood was chopped off.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe claimed, the gang told her that they were asked by one Baba Sada to bring the mutilated manhood to be used for a charm that would protect them against any dangerous weapon such as a bullet, matchet, dagger, knives, among others,\u201d the Commandant revealed.<\/p>\n
Okafor further indicated that the case had been sent to the state command headquarters\u2019 Intelligence and Investigation Unit for discreet investigation and that they would all be charged and prosecuted in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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