The Nasarawa state Police command have arrested a Vice Principal in Nassarawa State
suspected of raping his female student.The News Agency of Nigeria [NAN] reports that three other
persons allegedly engaged in various cases of rape were also arrested by the
police.
A statement issued in Lafia on Wednesday by DSP Idrisu
Kennedy, the Police Public Relation Officer, Nassarawa State Police Command,
said the vice principal allegedly raped the 16-year-old student on Dec. 13,
2016.
According to the police, the man lured the girl to a hotel
in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state, where he had canal knowledge of
her.The police statement also indicated that two people
“disguised as vigilantes, collected phones and raped two female students of
Bingham University, Karu“ on Dec. 12, 2016.It added that another man was arrested for allegedly raping
a 13-year-old hawker in an uncompleted building around Lafia roundabout Motor
Park on Dec. 11, 2016.The police urged the general public, especially parents and
relations of rape victims to report any case of rape to security agencies for
appropriate prosecution.
Reacting on the matter, Tina Cyril, Nasarawa State
Chairperson of Nigeria Association of Women Journalist, described the
incidences as barbaric and satanic.Cyril said that the association would monitor the cases to
logical conclusion, and promised continuous advocacy on the rights of women and
children in the state.She advised parents to always monitor their children
especially the girl child, to guard them against any form of abuse.
(NAN)
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