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| Members of Yobe State Human Right in a campaign against Rape |
By JOE Hemba
The Police Command in Yobe has raised concern over the increase of rape cases in the state.
The State Police Public Relation Officer, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim in a statement issued to the press in Damaturu said, the state command recorded a spike in the cases just in December of 2020 with about 9 cases at different police divisions across the state.
Most disturbing of the cases according to the PPRO is the gang raping of a 13 year old girl at Potiskum on Christmas Day by three adults, while another dastardly one took place in Gashua where the rapist broke into a house with criminal intent but instead decided to rape a nursing mother who was recovering a few days away from childbirth.
All the culprits are in police custody.
Details of the rape cases as contained in the statement of the PPRO is here below.
“In its efforts to curb crime and criminality in the State, it has been observed that Rape cases recorded a slight increase. In the last month of year 2020, Yobe State Police Command recorded more than nine (9) cases of Rape in different Divisional Police Headquarters across the State.
“On 26th December, 2020 at about 16:30hrs detectives from Geidam Divisional Police Headquarters arrested one Mal. Bako Umaru 35 years old of Hausari ward, who lured an 11 year old girl, molested, raped her and as a result she suffered serious major injuries and lost more than three pints of blood according to the medical facility here in Damaturu. The case is currently under discreet investigation at the State CIID for subsequent prosecution.
“Similarly, on 25th December, 2020 at about 1100hrs detectives from Yindiski Divisional Police Headquarters apprehended one Musa Mohammed 25 years old, Mohammed Dahiru 27 years old and one Adamu Saidu 46 years old all of Potiskum LGA. The trio were arrested having Gang Raped a 13year old girl.
“In another development, on 26th November, 2020 at about 13:00hrs one Mohammed Alh. Jagere 27 years old was apprehended by Gashua Divisional Police Headquarters for intruding into a house with the intent to rob the inhabitants but rather, the culprit raped a nursing mother who was recuperating from child birth.
“As Rape cases seem to be taking a new dimension in the State, Yobe Sate Police Command has equally committed more resources in the fight against such heinous crimes and this cannot be achieve without the support and cooperation of the Communities,” the statement explained.
Section 282 of Yobe State Penal Code Amendment Law 2018 prescribed punishment for rape, kidnapping and unnatural offences. Under the section, “The law stipulates clearly that whoever commits rape, where the victim is a minor, shall be punished with imprisonment for life and where the victim is an adult, shall be jailed for a term of 25 years.”
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