The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old security guard attached to an Islamiyya school in Jega Local Government Area for allegedly def!ling a 10-year-old girl.
The Commissioner of Police, Umar Hadejia, who disclosed the arrest during a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 said the suspect, identified as Faruku Muhammed, allegedly lured the girl into his room located within the Islamiyya school premises and defiled her.
The CP paraded Muhammed alongside other suspects arrested for various crimes.
“On 14/06/2026 at about 1630hrs one Faruku Muhammed M aged 36yrs of Tungar Zabarmawa area Jega, LGA, lured one Naja’atu Surajo F aged 10yrs of the same address in to his room located inside an Islamiyya School where he works as a Security Guard and had s3xual intercourse with her by inserting his finger inside her v@gina. Case under investigation and will be prosecuted accordingly,” the CP said.