Police in Katsina have arrested a 70-year-old man, Danladi Habibu, for raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl, hawking in the state capital.
The septuagenarian is among the 18 suspects recently arrested and paraded at the Command’s Headquarters for various crimes.
Other suspects paraded were involved in cultism, human trafficking, shop and house breaking, theft, among others.
Among the other rape suspects are a 19-year-old who raped a 3-year-old girl in Bakori Area Council, a 24-year-old who raped a 15-year-old girl in Katsina Metropolis, and a 28-year-old who raped a 13-year-old in Kankara Area Council.
The spokesman of the Command, Gambo Isah, said the 70-year-old man lured the 14-year-old girl into an uncompleted building and had unlawful canal knowledge of the victim.
Also paraded was a notorious agent of a human trafficking syndicate, from whom 11 of his victims, comprising nine females and two males were rescued.
The rescued victims were said to be on their way to Niger Republic, enroute Europe.
Four other suspects were arrested in possession of fake American dollars, CFA currency, and the Nigerian Naira notes, running into millions.
Others include five students of the Federal University Dutsinma, suspected to be involved in cult activities, with Black Axe and Aye.
According to Isah, other suspects paraded included two suspected social miscreants, otherwise known as Kauraye, allegedly terrorising the innocent people of the state, alongside a man arrested with one of his biological sons, who specialized in house and shop breaking, operating in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
