Men of Hisba Command have arrested six people for raping a 12-year-old girl in Argungu town in Argungu local government area of Kebbi State.
A director of the command who doesn’t want his name in print, told journalists yesterday at the Hisbah headquarters in Birnin Kebbi that the suspects were arrested from different locations.
The source said all the suspects have confessed to committing the offence during the interrogation by the officials of the command.
The names of the suspects are; Isah Isma’il (60), Ibrahim Umar (45), Mustapha Sani (44), Dauda Garba, 40, Tukur Bawa, 38 and Muktar Muhammed, 28.
The suspects and the victim were handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department of the police for further action.
The spokesman of the state police command, SP Nafi’u Abubakr, said they were in the custody of the police pending conclusion of the investigation.
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