Nigeria: Runaway Bride Alleges Rape By Policeman

13 January 2011

A policeman attached to the Farm Centre Police Division of Kano Police Command has been accused of raping a 15-year-old runaway bride in Kano. Daily Trust gathered that the police constable and his civilian friend allegedly raped the teenage bride who eloped from Sabuwar Kasuwa in Katsina State two weeks ago from her spouse.

A Muslim group, Amalgamated Da'awa Group, uncovered the case and took the bride to the Hisbah headquarters for questioning. Before the case was reported to Hisbah, the policeman and his friend insisted that she was their sister, but the group suspected a foul play and reported the case to Hisbah.

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