Bauchi state police command has arrested a 45 years old man for allegedly raping her 11 years old biological daughter.
According to the suspect Abubakar Magaji, a resident of Liman Kagum in Bauchi LGA said he engaged in the ugly act because his wife left him.
Magaji, a father of four confessed to have had an unlawful canal with his daughter twice saying ” I am ashamed of myself because It was temptation that led me to do it.
“I divorced her mother and married another wife but unfortunately my wife also left me a month ago so I needed a woman to be with so that was why I did it, he said”
Parading the suspect along others at the police headquarters in Bauchi on Friday, the police Commissioner Lawal Shehu who expressed worry over the increase rate of rape cases in the state vowed that all rapist suspects will be charge to court and prosecuted.
He said, since January, we have arrested over 10 suspected rapist, only this week we recorded over 5 cases. It is worrisome that among the suspects arrested include a 45 year old man who raped his 11 years old daughter and two aged men who are between 45 to 54 years who raped teenage girls of between 2 years and 4 years.
“Any suspect arrested In connection to rape case will be charge to court and be prosecuted because rape suspect will not be bailable. Even when court are on strike, the suspects will remain in detention till court resume and will be charge to court, Shehu said”
