By Ahmed Ahmed
A Civil Society Organization (CSO) has petition the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun to investigate the complaint of rape house wife name withheld brought to Police Command in the State against a Deputy Immigration Superintendent Sani Muazu.
Mr Mohammed Alkasim, the founder Human Rights Organisation African Child Development and Human Rights Protection made the appeal at news conference on Thursday in Bauchi
He noted that the organization’s efforts to seek justice for the house wife a petition letter was written on her behalf to the Bauchi Command Commissioner of Police (CP) to re-arrest the suspect for justice to no avail.
Alkassim condemned the CP for failing to investigate a serious crime of rape. “the house wife is crying for help and justice,” he said.
“It is important to state categorically that the police have derailed the general and specific objective of the establishment of the newly established police act as provided under section 1 and 2 of the same act.
“As human rights organization it is also important to further draw the attention of the CP in further discharging his primary duty of the Nigeria Police pursuant to Section 4 of Police Act which is to prevent, detect crime and protect the right and free from of every person in Nigeria as provided in the constitution”
Akassim recalled that they wrote a petition dated December 22, 2023, to the Commissioner of Police in the state, which was acknowledged on behalf of the victim
“This petition has been lying in the office of the CP for almost three weeks without investigation.
“It is a pity and sad to point it out clearly, the police have derailed specifically on their primary function to investigate any allegation that has been filed before them.
“The house wife has been raped based on the information that we have received and rape is a serious offence under setion 278 of the Criminal Code of Bauchi State. It is a heinous offense,” he said.
Alkassim further disclosed that the very first day that the petition was sent to the office of the CP Bauchi, through her first solicitor G Haasan and co, the police arrested the suspect.
“In less than 24 hours he was released on bail in a capital offense unconditionally.
“It is our view that the police should immediately order for the re-arrest of the suspect on account of the victim.
“As a human rights group we will not relent, we will continue to prove until justice is done,” he said.
Responding, Bauchi Police Command Spokesman SP Ahmed Wakil, said contrary to the claim of the civil society organization, the CP received a petition from G Hassan and Co dated December 12, 2023.
“The Commissioner of Police had directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department to investigate.
“The case was investigated and the two lawyers that raised the petition-Nazir Umar and B Aliyu Mohammed came to the Criminal department and a case of this magnitude of rape was mentioned.
“It is a capital offense an investigation is still ongoing and the outcome of the investigation will be revealed to the public.
On the arrest of the victim’s husband, the Spokesman disclosed that he has been charged to court on allegation bothering on criminal defamation.