Jigawa State Police Command says it has arrested a 60-year-old traditional ruler, Abubakar Ya’u, who allegedly raped an eight-year-old primary school pupil.
The traditional ruler we learnt is the village head of Kargo in Garki Local Government Area of the state.
Ya’u was paraded at the State Police Command Headquarters alongside three other rapists arrested at different locations within the state.
Spokesperson for the command, Abdu Jinjiri, who represented the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Fadairo, said the arrest of the village head, followed complaints lodged by the victim’s mother at the Garki Police Station that her daughter was abducted on her way to school and raped by the suspect.
The monarch while chatting with newsmen denied the accusations, insisting that he never committed such an offence.
He claimed that he had a dispute with the mother of the said victim over a debt.
However, the police spokesperson said the command has recorded at least 57 rape cases from January to June this year, adding that 32 of these involved girls and 25 are of sodomy against minors.
