A 32-year-old man identified as Bashir Umar, has been arrested for allegedly luring an eight-year-old girl into a restroom, torturing and sexually assaulting her.
The Police Command spokesman, DSP Lawan Adam, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, explained that Umar is from Galamawa town, Dutse Local Government Area of the state.
According to Adam, the suspect subjected the girl to unimaginable torture before sexually assaulting her in most heartless circumstances, saying that Umar inserted scissors and a spoon into the innocent girl’s private parts.
He added that the suspect injected some undisclosed substance into the private part of the girl, leaving her unconscious and bleeding profusely.
The Command spokesman lamented that the perpetrator exploited the girl’s vulnerability, offering her N150 and threatening to harm her and her parents if she disclosed the sexual abuse to anyone.
He further explained that Umar continued to terrorize and sexually assault the helpless girl using the same technique and silencing her with threats whenever he encountered her on her way to school.
He pointed out that following the sexual trauma, the victim suffered severe physical consequences, including urinary and stool-related complications, stressing that the survivor is currently at the Rashid Shekoni Teaching Hospital, Dutse, where she is admitted and receiving treatment.
“In a tragic and inhumane incident that reported on August 29, 2024, at about 1420hrs in Dutse Divisional Police Headquarters that, an eight-year-old girl had been coerced into a one table water company’s restroom by one Bashir Umar ‘m’ 32yrs of Galamawa town, Dutse LGA, who then forcibly inserted scissors and a spoon into her vagina and anus, respectively,” the statement read.
“In a similar manner, he injected her private part with a syringe, rendering her unconscious to the point of incapacitation, and causing blood to seep from her virginity.
“After she regained consciousness, he gave her one hundred and fifty naira (#150) and threatened to k!ll her and her parents if she told anyone about what had transpired.
“From then on, whenever he saw her heading to school, he would entice her into his room, abuse her again using the same technique, and threaten to tell no one.
“After experiencing problems with her urine and stool due to vaginal and anus mixing, she was brought to the hospital, where the attending physician verified that her genital organ had been punctured.
“She later disclosed her horrific ordeal in the hands of the suspect.
“The survivor is currently at Rashid Shekoni Teaching Hospital Dutse where she was admitted receiving treatment.
“The suspect was arrested and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department Dutse for discreet investigation.
“The suspect has since been prosecuted in court to face the full wrath of the law.”
