Police parades soldier dismissed for raping girl in front of family

A soldier, Private Akhigbe Tijjani, was on Monday paraded by the Police in Yobe State.

Tijjani was accused of raping a young girl in front of her parents in Buni Yadi, Yobe State.

Tijjani was also said to have forced the girl’s brother to have sex with one of his siblings.

He bashed the boy’s head with a pestle when he refused to be forced to commit the atrocity.

Tijjani, attached to 27 Taskforce Brigade was on a cordon-and-search operation when he entered the girl’s home and allegedly raped her in front of her family.

Spokesperson of the Police in the State, ASP Abdulmalik Abdulhafiz said Tijjani forced the girl’s brother to have sex with his sister.

“When the boy refused, Tijjani used a pestle and hit him in the head,” Abdulhafiz said.

Tijjani was reported to the military by a colleague on the cordon-and-search operation prompting his court-martial and dismissal.