Man, 25, Rapes, Slaughters Eight-Year-Old Daughter Of His Employer With Sharp Knife In Farm

By Babatunde Solanke

A 25-year-old man is currently cooling off in one of the cells of katsina State Police Command for allegedly raping and slaughtering an eight year-old daughter of his employer in a farm.
Jibrin Yusuf was said to have carried dastardly and barbaric act at Kanon-Haki village, Faskari Local Government Area of the state.

Parading the suspect, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Katsina, ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, said the incident took place on August 2.

“The fact of the case is, on that fateful day, one Hassan Jibrin, the father of the late victim employed the services of the suspect to convey fertilizer from one of his farms to the other situated on the outskirts of the village while the victim was assigned to guard the fertilizer at one of the farms as her father attended to some labourers.

“The suspect took advantage of, and forcefully dragged the little girl to a nearby farm where he r*ped her and used a sharp knife and slaughtered her,”he said.