“Why I raped my 7-month-old step daughter” – Man arrested in Katsina reveals

We’ve been bringing you details of the Man arrested for raping 7
month old step daughter. He has confessed to the crime and says he
regrets it. He has described his action as “regrettable and an act of the devil”.

Paraded alongside other suspected criminals at the Katsina Police
Command headquarters yesterday, he said his action was uncalled for, and
pleaded for leniency.

The native of Dangaske Village of Jikamshi in Danmusa Local Government Area, said:
“I had dreamt that if I had sex with the girl I would stop my unwanted frequent travels, so I went ahead and did what I did.”

He said before he married the girl’s mother, he was fond of traveling frequently and never stayed in one place but when his first
wife left him with six children, he began to stay at home.

“No sooner had I
remarried than my past habit of traveling returned that was when I had
the dream one night. I swear, there was no motive behind my action, it
was just ordained by God that such would happen to me and it happened,”
he said.

When asked why he chose the step daughter instead of his biological daughter, Dansale said,

“She is also my child, I just don’t know how it happened. I regret my action and want to plead for leniency.”
The girl’s mother, 25-year-old Zinnai Muntari, said when she woke up
for the morning prayers and saw blood on the private part of the baby,
her husband asked her to bring the child and after observing her, said
it was pile and hurried out to bring some herbs to use on her.

“As a mother, I felt
this was unusual and reached out for help at the General Hospital
Malumfashi where the doctor confirmed it was a forceful entry that tore
the vagina up to the anus. They later referred us to the Umar Turai
Children and Maternity Hospital in Katsina,” she said.

The girl’s biological father, Ibrahim Nuhu, said there was no going back until justice is served.

“All I want now is to save the life of my daughter and for justice to take its course to serve as deterrent to others,” he said.

The state Commissioner of Police, Usman Abdullahi, described the matter as “disheartening and very pathetic”.

“We suspect that the
woman was drugged, for how come with probably all the screaming of the
baby the mother couldn’t wake up? I assure you, we will charge him to
court to get the case to its logical conclusion,” he said as he appealed
to residents to collectively help check such increasing societal ills.

“It is worrisome for Katsina, the rise in rape cases is alarming.
Last year alone, over 110 cases of rape were handled,” he said.

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