CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
A 50-year-old man, Abdulkadir Abdulkarim, arrested for allegedly defiling two girls, aged 3 and 5 years, has denied penetrating them stating that he only inserted his fingers into their private parts.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the Katsina Police Command arrested the suspect after it received report of the dastardly act by the parents of the victims.
This was disclosed by the State Police Command’s Public Relation Officer, SP Gambo Isah, who confirmed the arrest and said that the suspect has confessed to the crime.
“On 28/05/2021, the Command succeeded in arresting one Abdulkadir Abdulkarim, m, aged 50yrs of Dauki village, Batsari but now residing at Modoji Quarters, Katsina, who raped two minor girls of the ages of 3 and 5yrs. In the course of investigation, the suspect confessed to have used his fingers in defiling them. Investigation is ongoing” SP Gambo stated.
Though the suspect denied penetration because he reportedly used his fingers to do so but the Police insisted that inserting fingers into minor’s private part is statutory rape. In other words, the suspect was culpable and will be charged to Court accordingly.
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