Awful information as victim's Father and 3 local barbers were arrested by the Kano state Police command
The Kano State Police Command has apprehended one Ibrahim Maikaji, the father of the girl who was circumcised by some local barbers at Sabuwar Kaura village in Doguwa Local Government Area. The Public Relations officer of the command, DSP Magaji Majiya, disclosed this information in a news briefing shortly after presenting the suspects to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday.
Majiya said the command had also arrested the three traditional barbers who stiffly held her and used sharp object to operate on her, thereby causing severe injury to her. The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, had handed over the case to the Police Commissioner, Mr Rabi’u Yusuf, after the girl was brought to the palace. The father of the mishandled daughter to whom the local barbers performed the genital mutilation was also arrested
“This operation was viciously carried out and it caused grievous injury to the genital organ of the victim,” the police spokesman said. He gave the names of the three suspected barbers as Shu’aibu Wanzam, Muhammadu Garba and Aminu Ali. Majiya said all the suspects were undergoing interrogation for criminal conspiracy and causing terrible arm, and he affirmed that they would soon be arraigned in court for proper prosecution. He warned parents to refrain from such illegal acts as anyone caught would be arrested and prosecuted.
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