SOKOTO HISBAH COMMISSION ARRESTS THREE SUSPECTS FOR CIRCULATING RAPE VIDEO OF 16 YEAR OLD GIRL
The Sokoto State Hisbah Commission, a religious affairs group, on Monday, September 21, confirmed the arrest of three suspects over the alleged circulation of a video on social media while a 16-year-old girl was raped.
The principal suspect identified as Baffa Hayatu Tafida, son of a political appointee, Hayatu Tafida, and his two friends would be handed to the relevant agencies for trial.
The victim was said to be scheduled to get married on October 17, but the marriage was called off as a result of the viral video circulated by the suspects.
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Confirming the arrest, the State Hisbah Commandant, Adamu Kasarawa, told newsmen that the commission had concluded investigations into the matter and would ensure the prosecution of the case.
The mother of the victim (name withheld) said the principal suspect sexually abused her daughter sometime in 2017 when she was 16 years old, alleging that he saved the video clips for three years with the intention of destroying her daughter’s life.
Speaking further, she said marriage arrangements have been scheduled for October 2020, when Baffa released the phonographic video of him sexually abusing the girl.
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She said the groom-to-be withdrew from the proposed marriage after seeing the viral video.
“Exactly on June 20, 2020, I received a call from Lagos on the circulated video of my nude daughter being sexually abused by Baffa Hayatu Tafida.
“The suspects shared the clips to my daughter’s suitor along with other online groups,” she said.
She lamented that all attempts to get the Department of State Services and the National Human Right Commission in Sokoto to pursue the matter proved abortive.
“I was disappointed with the two institutions’ inaction,” she said, and thanked the Hisbah commission for the prompt intervention.
The victim’s mother claimed that the father of the principal suspect had made attempts to induce her in order to drop the case, and threatened her on different occasions when she refused.
Hayatu Tafida, the father of the principal suspect, confirmed knowledge of the case, he however denied inducing the victim’s mother or threatening her.
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