A 50-year-old man as been
arrested in Gombe State after he allegedly raped, impregnated,
and infected a 14-year-old girl with HIV.
Police arrested the
50-year-old man in of Poli, a village in Yamaltu Deba LGA of the state.
The suspect, Hamza Musa
was arrested at Kwadon market on Monday where he was selling local sweets
(alewa) by officials of the Kwadon branch of the State Social Welfare Office.
The young girl, who
hawks local beverages at the village, was discovered to be six weeks pregnant
and also found to be HIV positive after her father Malam Abdullahi also of Poli
village took her to a hospital in Kwadon for medical check-up when she was
sick.
A source at the
hospital said when medical personnel at the hospital failed to convince her to
reveal the person responsible for her pregnancy, they handed her over to the
officials of the Kwadon office of the social welfare office, who subsequently
arrested the first suspect, one Hamza Musa.
Head of Kwadon office
of the social welfare, Malam Abdullahi Maina, said after thorough
investigations, they arrested seven other suspects who were also alleged to be
sleeping with the girl, who hawk local beverages in the village.
Maina said two of the
suspects from Kuri village, two from Poli village and three from Kwadon town,
all confessed to having affair with the girl, but they were tested and found to
be HIV negative.
The first suspect,
Hamza Musa confessed to the crime and blamed the devil for pushing him to
perform the act.
The suspects were
reportedly released on bail.
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