A six-year-old girl (name withheld) has been allegedly defiled by a 50-year-old neighbour at a village called Hanyi Danmasani, a suburb of Kaduna state; South local government area.
This was coming while concern interests were yet to recover from the shock of the gruesome murder of two six-year-old girls in separate defilement cases with a similar pattern in a community called Kurmi Mashi which is not far from Hanyi Danmasani where the latest incident occurred.
According to information the little girl is still alive unlike the two others of her age who were raped, killed and dumped at a mosque and graveyard on Sunday, June 28 and Monday, November 9 this year respectively.
As at the time of filing this report, both the Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs and Kaduna State Police Command were yet to apprehend the suspected serial rapists who raped and killed the two girls in separate incidences.
The Village Head (MaiUngwan), Hanyi Danmasani, Umar Ibrahim who confirmed the incident to newsmen said, the girl was recuperating from bruises she sustained during the defilement by her parents’ neighbour simply identified as Ibrahim.
According to him, “it is true. The case is in Rigasa Police station. But this morning they told me that they are trying to transfer the case to the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
“The rape case involved a girl of about six-year-old girl and that man is about 50-year-old. He has his family with two wives. He has his own house as a neighbour to the parents of this girl.
“It happened on Friday but Police then said they should come by Monday. So today, the community went there as instructed.
“I was told that the police are done with the hospital report and they are now transferring the case to the CID.
“According to the mother, it was a very horrible face but she said her daughter is responding to treatment.
Meanwhile, severally, the Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hafsat Baba has lamented the alarming rate of rape cases in the state; that in most cases the traditional rulers are aiding the activities of the rapists by pleading on behalf of the perpetrators.
