Residents of Beguwa village in the Ringim Local Government of Jigawa State were thrown into mourning as the corpse of a 16-year-old girl dumped inside a well was discovered.
Speaking in confidence, a relative of the victim said the deceased was first declared missing before her body was discovered four days after the incident, when some farmers on their way to the farm perceived some bad smell.
According to the relative the victim’s body was evacuated with the help of the fire service, security personnel, and good samaritans, and she was buried by Islamic rights.
The deceased was said to have been gang-raped by her boyfriend and his friends, who dumped her body inside a well on the outskirts of the village.
He, therefore, called on the Jigawa State Government and civil society organizations to monitor the situation and ensure justice is done.
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Police Public Relations of the state command, DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adam, confirmed the incident saying the police received a report that the missing girl’s body was discovered in a well on the outskirts of Beguwa village in Ringim.
He said the investigation led to the arrest of the prime suspect, who was earlier seen with the deceased at a wedding before she was declared missing.
Shiisu said the case is still under investigation and will provide details of the incident later.
Reacting to allegations raised over plans to carpet the case by some individuals, a civil society organization centred around Gender-based Violence and other human rights abuses, coordinated by Maryam Ibrahim and Zainab Salisu, vowed to follow up the case to a local conclusion.
Meanwhile, the Taraba Police Command has confirmed that there was an attack on its station in Lau Local Government Council of the state in the early hours of Saturday.
Confirming the incident, the state command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Abdullahi Usman, said the attack occurred at around 2am.
He said the bandits stormed the community in their numbers in search of a particular person and decided to attack the station when they could not get their target.
Though no casualty was recorded, Usman said the bandits succeeded in disturbing the peace of the community.