NASSARAWA: Police arrest 6-year-old girls genital mutilation suspect

THE principal suspect in the case of a six-year-old girl whose genitals were mutilated for ritual purposes has been arrested.

19-year-old Abdulkadir Wada was arrested today by the police in Mararaba, Nasarawa State where he fled to, after allegedly committing the crime two weeks ago in Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

Admitting to the crime, Wada recounted how he and one other accomplice, Adamu Abdulrauf (20) committed the crime in an uncompleted building.

“I strangled her and took her into an uncompleted building. Later my friend joined me after making sure that no one was watching. He told me to slit her throat, but I told him I couldn’t. He brought out his knife and after confirming that she was motionless, he cut off her genitals,” he said while being paraded.

Although the child is receiving medical attention at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), the ritualist who demanded for the genital is still at large.

According to the Bauchi State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the victim was rushed to Kano after rescue.

AKTH Public Relations Officer, Hauwa Inuwa Dutse, said doctors are doing their best to get the victim back to her normal life.

“We are taking care of her medically and monitoring to ensure that she is stable without other underlining medical ailments or issues which may include depression or infection,” Dutse said.

The suspects had cut off the girl’s private part after a “female native doctor” promised them N500,000.