A three-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa state.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in on Wednesday said that the girl’s body was dumped in a bush in the area.
According the NSCDC, the victim was alter identified as Harira Yakubu Bala, a resident of Sabon Gari, Kiyawa Local Government Area.
NSCDC said it received a report of the missing girl by her parents on Tuesday.
A statement by NSCDC Jigawa State Command Public Relations Officer, ASC Badruddeen Tijjani Mahmud, said, “The command has expressed deep concern and condemnation over the tragic murder”
The statement added that the lifeless body was discovered in a nearby bush on Wednesday with “multiple injuries.”
It added, “NSCDC personnel from the Kiyawa Divisional Office were mobilised to the scene, secured the area, and evacuated the body to a hospital for medical examination and investigation.
“The examination “confirmed that the deceased child had been raped, molested, and murdered by yet-to-be-identified persons.”
State Commandant CC Muhammad Kabiru Ingawa directed the Intelligence and Investigation Department to work with the Kiyawa Divisional Office and other security agencies to ensure the perpetrators of the “heinous act are arrested and brought to justice.”
The remains of the deceased have since been released to the family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites, the command added.
The NSCDC condemned the act, urging residents to “remain calm, vigilant, and to promptly report any suspicious movement or persons to the nearest security formation.
