Police in Gombe have arrested a 38-year-old teacher on suspicion of defiling four students.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the students, who are eight, nine, twelve, and fourteen years old, are sisters from the same father.
This was stated by ASP Mahid Abubakar, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, in a press release issued in Gombe.
According to Abubakar, the suspect, Abubakar Muhammed, was apprehended for alleged sexual assault.
According to a police spokesman, the suspect was apprehended on March 7 at around 11 a.m. after complaints from the students’ father, Adamu Ali, who reported that the sexual assault occurred between January and March.
“The suspect who resides in Malam-inna quarters, Gombe committed the offence at the Islamiyya school located in the same community.
”The victims were taken to the hospital for medical examination,” he said.
He further stated that the suspect had confessed to the crime and would soon be charged to court for prosecution.
In a related development, Abubakar said three suspects were also arrested for defiling three sisters aged 12, 15 and 17.
He said the complaint was reported to the police by the girls’ father Aliyu Adamu of Malam inna quarters and one Alhaji Abba who is attached to National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) Gombe State.
Abubakar said the suspects, Sani Adamu, 50; Adamu Muhammed, 40 and Bakura Muhammed, 30 had confessed to the crime and would soon be charged to court for prosecution.
He further said two other suspects were also arrested for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery.
The police officer assured that the command was working to ensure that young persons and children across the state were secured from criminals, hence appeal for credible information from the public to rid the state of criminality.
“The command wishes to once again call on parents or guardians to keep closer watch over their children and monitor their activities in schools, on errand or playing with their peers at public places especially girl child.” (NAN)
