BREAKING: 26-Year-Old Man Arrested For Raping 10-Year-Old Girl In Niger State

Twenty-six-year old man Bala Aliyu has been arrested for defiling a 10-year old girl in the El-Waziri area in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State.

According to the police, Bala Aliyu, on Christmas eve 2024, dragged his victim into his room where he had forceful sexual intercourse with her.

The little girl, according to the police, had been sent by her mother to deliver a message to a friend in the same compound where Aliyu resided.

On arriving at the compound, the girl was reported not to have met the person the message was meant for and decided to hand it to Aliyu.

As she departed according to the police report Aliyu called her back, dragged the little girl into his room and forcefully had sex with her.

It was the awkward movement of the girl that revealed she was defiled and when checked bruises were seen in and around her private part.

Police Public Relations Officer, Niger State Police Command, Superintendent of Police Wasiu Abiodun, said the little girl named Aliyu as the person that defiled her, leading to his (Aliyu) arrest.

Abiodun said in a statement that Aliyu had confessed to committing the crime adding that investigation into the case is ongoing.

Meanwhile, the police spokesman in a separate statement has disclosed that some 23 boys whose ages ranged from 18 to 20 years were arrested in Minna on Tuesday for what he described as “Cross-over” night thuggery and armed robbery.

Abiodun who attributed the arrest of the suspects to the proactive efforts of the police crack squad nabbed the “miscreants” in Fadikpe and Dutsen-Kura Junctions of Minna, where they were found burning tyres and fighting among themselves with dangerous weapons in the early hours of the day.

“The suspects were arrested with suspected cannabis, swords, knives, sticks, stones, iron rods, charms, scissors, tobacco, military shorts, rolling rizla, and other hard drugs,” Abiodun said in the statement

He disclosed that “All suspects are under investigation at the GRA Division and will be charged to court immediately for prosecution”.