A 25-year-old private school teacher Umar Isah who sexually assaulted five female children in his class has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command.
Umar Isah repeatedly lured the victims into the toilet to fondle with their private parts.
NigeriaCrime.com learned that parents of the victims jointly reported at Dutsi Division against the suspect Umar Isah, that on different dates and time, the suspect took advantage of their daughters (names withheld) and lured them into the school’s toilet and inserted his finger into their private parts.
Confirming the arrest the spokesman of the Katsina Command, SP Gambo Isah who paraded the 25 years old suspect, Umar Isah at the state headquarters, said investigations revealed that the suspect has done that to several of the children in his class.
According to SP Gambo Isah suspect who admitted to committing the crime while giving his confessional statement said:
“Inside the class is like a parlour with a small room. So, I take them inside the small room one after the other, remove their hijab and fondle their private part.”
When quizzed if he was under a spell to do that, the suspect said: “No. I am not instructed by any herbalist or Mallam to do so. I just find myself doing it.”
In a related development, the Borno Police Command has arrested a private school female teacher in Maiduguri known as Aunty Zara for sexually assaulting a four-year-old pupil.
The command spokesman, ASP Sani Shatambaya who confirmed the development said an investigation was ongoing, after which it would be referred to the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) for the next line of action.
Speaking on the incident, the father of the pupil, Hassan Dala said that “I noticed my daughter was painfully urinating with blood after returning from her school named Golden Olive Academy) and I thought it was a problem of dehydration or infection.
“It was when we took her to Umoru Shehu Ultra Modern hospital in Bulumkutu ward of Maiduguri Metropolis that we were told my little daughter was forcefully penetrated.
“The mother spoke to the daughter and she told the mother what the aunty has been doing to her.
“We have reported the matter to the police. What we want is for the police to take the case to the federal high court for justice,” Dala said.