Fifty seven suspected rapists were arrested by the Kano state police command in the last three weeks. The suspects reportedly defiled more than 57 minors between the age of two and seven.
Muhammad Katsina, the commissioner of police in the state, made the statement during a briefing in Kano on Tuesday.
Katsina said some of the victims had already been infected with HIV/AIDS. The victims has been treated at the hospital as some of them got various degrees of canal injuries.
“One of the suspects was found to have defiled 10 boys in an area in Kano metropolis, while some were found to have infected their victims with HIV/AIDS,” he said.
He urged other parents to watch their children closely because of the high rate of rape, lesbianism and sodomy in the state.
The commissioner said that the police would ensure that such suspects were prosecuted appropriately so as to serve as deterrent to others.
According to the NAN, the suspects were arraigned at Magistrate Courts 18 and 6 located at Norman’s Land in Kano metropolis.
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