Police arrest two for allegedly raping 4-year-old girl to death

Culled From: Vanguard

The Katsina State
Police Command says it has
arrested two men for allegedly
raping a four-year-old girl to
death in Sandamu town of the
state.

The state Deputy Commissioner
of Police, Mr Bala Senchi, told
reporters on Monday in Katsina
that the girl died few hours
after the incident on Sept. 8.

Senchi said that the deceased
was allegedly lured into the act
while on an errand to a
relation's home.

He said the girl had complained
of headache to her parents
when she returned and was
directed by her mother to go to
bed.

According to Senchi, the parents
immediately reported the matter
to the police in Sandamu when
they noticed blood stain on her
pant.

"The girl was taken by the police
to the General Hospital Daura,
where she later died.

"On investigation by the state
CID, doctors at the hospital said
the deceased was raped,"
Senchi said.

He said that two men had been
arrested in connection with the
incident.

In another development, the
command also confirmed the
arrest of the seven men who
allegedly raped and
impregnated a 12-year-old girl
in Malumfashi Local Government
area of the state.

Senchi said the suspects had
allegedly confessed to have had
sexual intercourse with the girl.

The Deputy Commissioner of
Police added that the cases
would soon be charged to
court.

Senchi appealed to parents not
to send their little children,
especially girls, on errands
unaccompanied.