A chemist has been apprehended for the alleged defilement of a 9-year-old girl in Kano State.
According to reports, the accused, identified as Manniru Mai, who is said to run a chemist shop at Jaba in Fanisau, Unogo Local Government Area of Kano State is being accused to raped a 9-year-old girl, identified as Rumaisa Sadiq, to death.
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It was gathered that Manniru took advantage when the victim’s father took her to his chemist shop for malaria treatment.
Confirming the incident, the Kano State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Disabled and Children, Hajiya Aisha Lawan Saji Rano, expressed her condolences to the victim’s family, adding that justice would be served.
In a statement released from the Commissioner’s office, it says that although there are moves to divert the case, but the Governor Abba Yusuf’s administration would follow up the matter to serve as deterrence to others.
Despite moves by some individuals to infuse diverters into the reported case of a fatal rape against nine year old Rumaisa Sadiq, the Commissioner insisted that there must be justice for the late victim and her family,” the statement read. :
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While paying a condolences visit to the family house of the victims, the commissioner said;
‘there must be justice for the little girl who lost her life simply because someone chose to display his animalistic instinct on her
“In fact, full and quick dispensation of justice in this case is necessary in order to serve as lesson and deterrence to others like this grown up person that carried out this merciless act against an innocent nine year old girl.
“The Kano State Government under the justice-loving Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf will follow up the case in court to a conclusive end.
“It could however be recalled that Rumaisa was allegedly r@ped by the owner of a chemist where she was taken to by her father for treatment against malaria.”
The bereaved mother who is yet to recover from the shock of the unfortunate incident, thanked Governor Kabir Yusuf and Honourable Aisha Saji Rano for making efforts to comfort the family and to assure them of injustice.
