Gombe stepfather could face life in jail over r@pe of two-year-old daughter

The Gombe State Government has promised to ensure justice over the rape of a two-year-old girl by her stepfather following the passage of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act.Mohammed Magaji,  47, who is stepfather to the survivor, was reported by his wife, Hauwau Usman, that her husband took his stepdaughter to his room and r@ped the minor.The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, in a new statement, noted that upon the receipt of the complaint, a team of policemen went to the scene and arrested Magaji. The survivor was rushed to the specialist hospital for medical attention.The case will soon be charged to court upon completion of the investigation, he added.Leading a delegation of government officials to Jauro Abare Zirin Gaza, residence of the survivor, and Gombe State Police Command, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Asmau Iganus, disclosed that the state had enacted the Child Protection Law and Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, stressing that impunity would not be tolerated in the state. We heard about the rape of a two-year-old girl and the governor is unhappy about it. He has asked us to visit and assure the family of the governments support.The state has enabling laws like the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act with sanctions, the stepfather will face justice; the law allows for life imprisonment of offenders, Iganus stated.I came to the command as a follow-up to the current GBV survivor, I had visited the mother. Raping a minor is life imprisonment; the least is 14 years imprisonment. We trust that the judiciary and the police will do their best so that he (suspect) can be charged for the offence he has committed, she concluded. The post Gombe stepfather could face life in jail over r@pe of two-year-old daughter appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.