Paedophile: 33-yr-old teacher remanded in prison for raping 9-yr-old pupil in Katsina

A primary school teacher in Katsina State has been remanded in prison for allegedly raping a nine-year-old pupil and other serial rape crimes.

A 33-year-old school teacher with the Nasarawa Annex Primary School in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, Hamisu Galadima, has been arrested by the State Police Command for allegedly raping nine-year-old pupil identified as Simbiat.

It was gathered that Galadima, said to be a serial rapist, had lured the pupil into the staff room after closing hours, and defiled her, before threatening to beat her up if she dared told her parents of what he did to her.

However, on getting home, the little told her father, Hashimu Mohammed, what her teacher did to her and her father reported the incident at the Faskari Police Division, leading to Galadima’s arrest.

The serial rapist was subsequently arraigned before a Katsina Magistrate’s Court where the Magistrate ordered that he be remanded in prison custody the next adjourned date of September 26, 2016.

A police source revealed that the suspect was also being investigated on five other rape cases.

“Presently, we are having five different First Information Report on Galadima in cases of rape apart from the one he appeared for at the magistrate’s court. He has already been arraigned before three other magistrates in connection with rape cases."