A grandfather, Illiyasu Garba has been arrested for allegedly raping three underage girls in Maitumbi area in Minna, Niger state.
Two of the victims are aged 12 years while the third victim is 10 years old.
Garba who confessed to have been in the act for a long time was arrested after he raped the ten year old girl and her parents reported the case to the community head.
After reporting the case, the accused tried to negotiate his way out of the issue by offering to pay the Community Head and the parents of the girl so that the case would not be taken further.
However, luck ran out on him when a member of the community reported the case to the Niger state Child Right Agency who immediately swung into action by apprehending the accused.
The Nation learnt that Garba offered to pay off the parents with N20, 000 and give N5, 000 to the community head to bury the case.
Interrogating Garba in Minna, he admitted to have committed the offence said that he had sexual intercourse with the first and second victims who are aged 12 years a number of times,
“I have slept with the first victim ten times while the second girl, I have slept with her six times. ”
Garba who said he had four grandchildren however said that he intended to marry one of the victims but her parents refused.
The accused pleaded for leniency saying that it would not happen again.
The Director General of the Child Right Agency, Barrister Mariam Kolo said that Garba had been tested medically and it was discovered that he had Hepatitis which he has infected the victims with.
She urged Community and District Heads not to try to hide such issues under the carpet but to report it as soon as it is reported to them.
Kolo said that the accused would be charged to court and persecuted while he would be responsible for the medical treatment of the victims.
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