DAMATURU, NIGERIA -- 40-year-old Deaf teacher, Shaaibu Yakubu Abdullahi, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), for allegedly defiling 6-month-old baby in Potiskum, Yobe state.
According to the NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Gidado Fari, the suspect was arrested after a non-governmental organization, National Council of Women Society (NCWS) reported him to the corps.
He said the Deaf teachers allegedly conspired with his 10-year-old student, (name withheld) who took the 6-year-old baby to him from her neighbor’s house, “He defiled the baby,” he said
The commandant said the suspect denied any knowledge of the case, but the 10-year-old student insisted that it was Shaaibu, pointing at him in a group picture of staff and students taken in the school.
He said that the matter was taken to the state’s Ministry of Justice for prosecution as the case needs a professional in sign language to interpret.
The President, National Council of Women Society, (NCWS) Halima Kyari Joda, said the Baby was taken to University of Maiduguri for treatment,
“She was attended by a consultant, she underwent two separate operations. But, we will continue to pursue her case until justice is served” she added.
SOURCE - DailyTrust
