Kano vows justice for girl allegedly raped to death by chemist

The Kano State government Monday insisted that there must be justice for a 9-year-old girl allegedly raped to death by a chemist that was treating her. City & Crime reports that the police had charged a patent medicine store owner, identified as Munnir Mai Chemist Jaba, in a Sharia court with raping a nine-year-old girl […]

The Kano State government Monday insisted that there must be justice for a 9-year-old girl allegedly raped to death by a chemist that was treating her.

City & Crime reports that the police had charged a patent medicine store owner, identified as Munnir Mai Chemist Jaba, in a Sharia court with raping a nine-year-old girl to death in Jaba Fanisau, Ungogo LGA of Kano State.

The police told the court that the victim’s father, Malam Abdulkarim, took the girl, Rumaisa Sadiq, to the chemist for malaria treatment and that the defendant told him that the girl needed to be given saline water, hence that he should leave and come back later to pick her up.

The police further alleged that after the father returned, he found her in a more critical situation so much so that she could not stand.

Police said the father reported that on reaching home, the girl started to bleed from her private parts and anus and that he took her to a hospital where she was confirmed to have been raped.

Meanwhile, the Kano state government has insisted that there must be justice for the deceased and her family.

The state Commissioner for Women, Children and the Disabled, Hajiya Aisha Lawan Saji Rano, made this known during a condolence visit to the family house of the victim.

The commissioner said, “There must be justice for the little girl who lost her life simply because someone chose to display his animalistic instinct on her.

“In fact, full and quick dispensation of justice in this case is necessary in order to serve as lesson and deterrence to others like this grown up person that carried out this merciless act against an innocent nine-year-old girl. “

Speaking through the ministry’s Director, Social Welfare, Hajiya Binta Muhammad Yakasai, who led the Commissioner’s delegation to the victim’s family house, Hajiya Saji said, the Kano State Government under the justice-loving Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf will follow up the case in court to a conclusive end.

Also speaking, the Director, Women Affairs Department, Hajiya Bilkisu Shafi’u Jibril, who condoled the family over the death of little Rumaisa, used the opportunity to advise parents to be more vigilant over their children and to ensure that they go about their affairs with the commitment expected of them by Allah.

According to the Founder, Hidaya Ahmad VVF Aid Foundation, Hajiya Nafisa Salisu Ahmad, who first hinted the commissioner of the incidence, the case which is already before a court of law, is already attracking concerns from a number of human rights organizations.

Hajiya Nafisa, who was part of the delegation, prayed for the repose of the deceased and to Allah to give them the fortitude to bear the loss.

The father of the victim, Alhaji Sadiq, who received the delegation, thanked the delegation for the visit.

Earlier, the mother of the girl, who is apparently yet to recover from the incident, thanked both Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and Honourable Aisha Saji for making efforts to comfort the family and to assure them of justice.