Aisha Buhari To Visit Baby Rape Victim In Kano

Little Khadijah was raped by husband of her mother’s friend while she was 6-month old.

Khadijah is currently receiving medical treatment at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in Kano state.

Hajia Buhari would visit little Khadijah at AKTH shortly after the graduation of over 3000 women who undergone skills acquisition training under her pet programme of women empowerment.

Meanwhile, the Kano State Government, said it would ensure that whoever is found involved in the reported rape of the six-month-old girl go to jail for life.

The government stand is contained in a statement issued in Kano on Saturday by the state Commissioner of Information, Malam Mohammed Garba.

The government said it was deeply saddened by the news of the rape allegedly committed by a close confidant of the victim’s family.

It said that Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje had directed the state Ministry of Justice to prosecute “whoever is involved in this sordid sexual crime.”

The statement described the act as despicable, dastardly and condemnable, “which is alien to our religious and cultural values.

The government stressed that the action clearly portrayed the perpetrator brutal and unfeeling, adding that the culprit deserved nothing more than the maximum penalty under the law.

The statement said the government would settle the medical bill of the victim and advised parents to monitor the movement of their wards and those they keep company with.

It urged religious leaders to use their places of worship to propagate the dangers of such crime and other social vices in the society.

The Section 283 of Kano State Penal Code Amendment Law provides life imprisonment as maximum punishment for rape.

The law also provides option of imprisonment of not less than 14 years, a fine of N200,000 and payment of compensation to the victim.