A Nigerian army sergeant in Adamawa state has been arrested for raping a 4-year-old girl.
This was contained in a memo on the situation report on a rape case which was obtained on Thursday.
The girl happens to be the daughter of one Mallam Abubakar.
The sergeant who goes by the name Bulama Salish from 232 Battalion, is attached to 23 Brigade SP BN in the Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa state.
This was contained in a memo on the situation report on a rape case which was obtained on Thursday.
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The Sergeant, Bulama Salish with 97NA/45/7383 is said to have been apprehended and locked up in 23 Brigade SP BN custody for further action.”
“Special sitrep as at 18 July, 2022, in rape case, 97na/45/7383 SSGT. Bulama Salisu from 232BN attached to 23BDE maiha, raped one (name withheld) 4 years old, daugther to one Mallam Abubakar,” the memo reads in part.
“Salisu has been apprehended and locked up in 23BDE SP BN custody for further action.”
On the other hand, a martial court sitting in Maiduguri has sentenced a soldier,Corporal Aliyu Yakubu to 5 years imprisonment for rape and assault in 2020.
He was tried by the Nigerian Army 7 Division Court Martial, Operation Lafiya Dole, for raping a minor (a 15-year-old girl) at an uncompleted building behind a prison yard in Bama, Borno State, on July 1, 2018.
The soldier was serving with 202 Tank Battalion in the counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast.