Oyogist.com has learned that the police in Jigawa has arrested a secondary school teacher identified as Salisu Bello,30, for allegedly raping a student.
This has been reported to have happened in Kiyawa Local Government Area of the State, the police spokesperson in Jigawa, Lawan Adam community, Kiyawa Local Government Area further revealed that Salisu lured the victim (name withheld) into a toilet and raped her.
The police said the suspect, a teacher at Government Secondary School, Shuwarin, “is of unsound mind.
”The spokesperson said the suspect would be charged to court after police investigations.
Jigawa passed a law stipulating stiff punishment for rape, which Governor Muhammad Badaru assented to in February.
The new Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law stipulates the death penalty for rape convicts who infect their victims with HIV/AIDS.
