4 Suspects Detained By The NSCDC For Gang Raping A 13-year-Old Girl In Niger State And For Removing The Male Organ Of Another Child.

A four-person gang has been detained by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Niger State Command for the gang rape of a 13-year-old JSS 1 student in Pandogari town, Rafi Local Government Area, of the state.

 

While presenting the suspects in Minna on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the state commander of the Corps in the state, Joachim Okafor, revealed that the gang had also reportedly severed the manhood of a three-year-old boy.

The accused admitted that they were instructed to obtain the male genitalia for a charm that would protect them from gunshots and knife attacks by a witch doctor known only as Baba Sada.

Speaking through Abdulhamid Kabara, the Second-in-Command of the Niger State NSCDC, Okafor said that the suspects' luck ran out when the 13-year-old victim, Fatima Usman, fled from an incomplete building they had taken her to on the outskirts of Pandogari.

“A girl of about 13 years old named Fatima Usman, a JSS 1 student of Government Day Secondary School Pandogari had an encounter with a gang of notorious boys who specialized in raping, maiming, and killing of school children. Fatima Usman reported the matter to the school principal, Mohammed Aketa, after having received several threats from one of the gang members,” he said. 

On Thursday, 2nd May 2024, the principal however informed the security operatives about the development and a strategy was put in place, using the girl as bait, it worked out perfectly as the man threatening the girl’s life was arrested. The arrested person identified himself as Aliyu Amiru, (M), 20 years of age, in the course of investigation mentioned other syndicate members

Fatima Usman revealed that the arrested Aliyu Amiru and his syndicate members abducted her sometime in 2022, blindfolded and took her to an uncompleted building on the outskirts of the town. She added that the syndicate took turns in raping her and while she was still in captivity, a little boy of less than 2 years old was brought in and in her presence, his manhood was cut off

She was asked to cooperate; otherwise she would be met with the same fate as the boy’s. She was laid flat on the ground and a needle-like substance was used to prick the surroundings of her navel and lower abdomen, and the mutilated genitalia of the little boy were rubbed over the pierced area of her navel, mixing her blood and that of the boy, after which it was dropped inside a little sack. She however managed to escape and they chased her, but they stopped chasing her when she ran into a burial ground.” 

The other syndicate members are Suleiman Gambo (M) 19, Yusufa Muttala (M) 22, Rabiu Muttala (M) 33, Ahmed Bako (M) 45, and Jibrin Ibrahim (M) 35, according to the NSCDC deputy Command.

He disclosed that the syndicate had been captured and sent to Rafi's NSCDC Divisional Office. Kabara continued by saying that the matter has been sent to the NSCDC Niger State Command Headquarters' Intelligence and Investigation Department for additional investigation.

“The syndicate also confessed that they drugged the girl and took turns in raping her while she was in a state of drowsiness. They also said the reason for their involvement in that act was because one Baba Sada asked them to bring a male child’s genitalia concocted as directed; he assured them of using it to produce a charm that would protect them against dangerous weapons such as a bullet, machete, dagger, knives, etc. They admitted to having received a total sum of Five Thousand Naira only for the job.”