The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested one Abdullahi Adamu, aka Adati, 19, for defiling a five-year-old girl.
The spokesman for the command, DSP Suleiman Ngoroje, confirmed the arrest in Yola on Tuesday.
According to him, investigation led to the suspect’s arrest.
“Adamu, who is cooperating
with the police investigators, had confessed to luring the little girl
to an uncompleted building, where he forcefully penetrated her private
parts repeatedly.
“The family of the girl were managing
her because they did not what anybody to know about it until they could
no longer manage the situation. It was a good Samaritan who took the
girl to the Sexual Assault Referral Centre at the state Specialist’s
Hospital.”
Adamu’s arrest marks a milestone in the
quest to get justice for the five-year-old, who is currently battling
for her life at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, following the alleged
sexual assault by the suspect.
Doctors at the hospital are currently trying to perform corrective surgery to repair her damaged rectum and womb.
An uncle to the victim, Mustapha Ayuba,
was initially suspected of committing the crime following a
long-standing family dispute.
The police dismissed news making the rounds that the sexual assault was an act of revenge as a fallout of the family feud.
The police spokesperson said
investigation had so far revealed that the suspect lured the victim to
an uncompleted building and carried out the act of depravity to satisfy
his lust.
Northern City News had reported that the
victim was rushed to hospital following extensive damage to her vital
organs as a result of the sexual assault.
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