A 14-Year-Old Girl was reported Gang rapped by five men in Bauchi state.

This was disclosed by the Bauchi State Police Command while announcing that it had arrested five boys for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl, at different occasions and afterwards, gave her N200, N500 respectively.

The rape suspects’ names were released as Sagir Ahmed, 22, Muhammed Tukur, 24, Haruna Baba Babayo 32, Musa Dahiru, 30, and Bappah Garba 24 years old.

This was contained in a statement released on Friday September 25th 2020 by the Bauchi state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil.

He said all the suspects had confessed to the crime While the victim was taken to General Hospital Gamawa for medical attention.

Rape of minors has become a disturbing trend in the country and has many advocates of rape and Gender-Based Violence seeking tough penalties for culprits.

Some of the penalties recommended are death, castration and life-sentence.

According to GBV abolishment advocate Nafisa Zaki, “rape does not necessarily have to be forceful sexual intercourse or sexual acts without the consent or against the will of the other person, as many people think, it also includes luring.”

“The age and situation for consensual sexual activity is clearly described by law, therefore, when a minor is lured and had sexual activity with, even with the minor’s consent, it is legally regarded as rape”, she explained.

She said that rape is a wide and serious topic that people need to pay attention to in order to avoid and prevent it.