Why is the Nigerian Police not following up the heartbreaking story of a 6-month-old girl raped by a 40 year old teacher?

a six months old baby

 Earlier this month, a shocking and unbelievable tweet went viral.

According to the tweet, 6-month-old Hajara was raped by Shuaibu Yakubu Abdullahi, a deaf 40-year-old teacher, which led to the rupturing of her intestines. 

 

Miraculously, poor Hajara is still alive, but currently under critical monitoring in a specialist hospital in Kano State.

 

To aggravate the issue, after getting arrested by the NSCDC, the rapist was released on bail by the police!

 

Stand To End Rape (STER), a non-profit organisation advocating for an end to gender-based violence, took up the case, and tried to reach out to the Force Gender Unit of the Nigerian Police Force , but only got referred to an NGO.

 

According to them, the NGO has been unavailable to STER.

 

And then twitter reactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Nigerian Police ought to aggressively follow up on Baby Hajara’s case and all rape cases going forward. Rape is an extremely horrifying act of violence, especially against a child. The society should be safe for all; no parent should have to worry about their kids being raped or abused! It is doubly important that justice be served, and swiftly too!