Rumaisa Sadiq, a 9-year-old girl, was allegedly sexually assaulted by a chemist in Jaba, Fanisau Unogo Local Government Area, Kano State, to the point of death.
After confirming the victim’s death in a statement, Hajia Aisha Saji, the Kano State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Disabled and Children, promised that justice would be delivered.
She declared that even in the face of attempts to reroute the case, the government of Governor Abba Yusuf would pursue the issue in order to discourage others.
The father’s victim allegedly drove her to the Chemist’s shop to get treated for malaria, a common practice among numerous Nigerians who prefer not to visit hospitals while sick in order to save astronomical medical costs.
“Despite moves by some individuals to infuse diverters into the reported case of a fatal rape against nine-year-old Rumaisa Sadiq, the Commissioner of the Ministry of Women, Children and the Disabled, Hajiya Aisha Lawan Saji Rano has insisted that there must be justice for the late victim and her family.”
Speaking during a condolence visit to the family house of the victim, the Commissioner said, ‘there must be justice for the little girl who lost her life simply because someone chose to display his animalistic instinct on her.
“In fact, full and quick dispensation of justice in this case is necessary in order to serve as a lesson and deterrence to others like this grown-up person that carried out this merciless act against an innocent nine-year-old girl.
“The Kano State Government under the justice-loving Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf will follow up the case in court to a conclusive end.
“It could however be recalled that Rumaisa was allegedly raped by the owner of a chemist where she was taken to by her father for treatment against malaria.”
