Police Arrest Primary School 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.
 
It was 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.

A police source said the suspect was being investigated on five other rape cases.

The source said, “Presently, we are having five different First Information Report on Galadima on cases of rape apart from the one he appeared for at the magistrate’s court. He has already been arraigned before three other magistrates in connection with rape cases.’’