The Niger State Police Command have arrested a 60-year-old man and three others for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl.
The suspects were identified as, Usman Ibrahim, 60; Zakari Aliyu, 25; Mustapha Isah, 17; and Imurana Aliyu, I6.
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According to the police, the incident happened in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar, confirmed the incident, saying the suspects had confessed to the crime.
“They were arrested after one Yakubu Ibrahim reported that he noticed some abnormalities in the movement of his daughter,” Abubakar said.
Abubakar added that the suspects would be charged soon.
Northern City News reports that one of the suspects, Ibrahim, who is married with three children and five grandchildren, told the police during interrogation that he gave the victim N20 the last time he defiled her.
The other suspects, who also confessed to defiling the minor on different occasions, said they paid her N20 to N50 each time they had their way.
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