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Police arrest teacher for raping nine-year-old pupil
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old teacher at Nasarawa Annex Primary School in the Faskari Local Government Area of the state for allegedly raping a nine-year-old pupil, Simbiat (pseudonym).
The teacher, Hamisu Galadima, said to be a serial rapist, had reportedly lured the pupil into the staff room sometime in July and raped her.
He was said to have threatened to beat her up if she informed her parents or anybody in the school about the act.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Simbiat later confided in her father, Hashimu Mohammed, who reported the incident at the Faskari Police Division, leading to Galadima’s arrest.
He was subsequently arraigned before a Katsina Magistrate’s Court and was remanded in prison custody while the case was adjourned till September 26, 2016.
Punch, August 23
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