Primary school teacher arrested for defiling seven minors in a school premises at different occasions
– The police prosecutor said the accused lured these toddlers into an office after school hours before carrying out the act
A Katsina primary school teacher has been arraigned before a senior magistrates’ court for allegedly defiling seven girls in the Faskari local government area of the state.
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The accused school teacher, who was identified as Hamisu Galadima, got arrested by the police following the complaints from the victims’ parents.
According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the police prosecutor, ASP Hashimu Musa, said that all the girls were not above nine-years-old.
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Musa said that the first information report (FIR) indicated that the incident occurred at Tashar-icce village in the local government area.
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He told the court that Galadima lured the girls into an office after school hours and had sexual intercourse with them on different occasions.
He added that the girls’ parents reported the case to the police after which the suspect was arrested for investigations.
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However, the prosecutor confirmed that the girls were being treated at Funtua general hospital.
Musa said that the offence was punishable under section 283 of the penal code, while the magistrate, Abdulkarim Ahmed-Umar, adjourned the case till September 24, for mention.
He ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody.
In Nigeria, cases of rape and child molestation have been on the increase in recent time.
Analysts believe that this and other criminality would increase because of the country’s current situation.

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