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The Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQA) has shut down two Islamiyah schools indefinitely over the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl and impregnation of another 12- year-old girl. The Overseer of the KSSQA, Mr. Idris Aliyu, explained that the six-year old girl was violated within the school premises and the school authority covered it up. Governor Nasir El-Rufai has ordered that the Islamiyah be shut down indefinitely until the investigation is concluded and the culprit produced. The headmaster of the school will be held responsible for the act until all persons in the school are profiled and the perpetrator identified by the survivor and prosecuted. The Head Teacher of the Islamiyah School in Kaduna denied the allegation of a rape, but the grandmother of the survivor, Hajiya Batul Gambo, insisted that her grandchild was violated. A medical report signed by Dr. A Raji confirmed Gambo's claim, attributing the bleeding to virginal bruising of the labia minora, bilaterally periurethral bruising, heamatoma of the clitoris and laceration of the hymen. The 12-year-old girl in Kachia was six months pregnant and the school was shut down as directed by EL-Rufai. The two schools will remain closed until investigations are concluded and the culprit prosecuted in accordance with the law.

The Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQA) has shut down two Islamiyah schools indefinitely over the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl and impregnation of another 12- year-old girl. The Overseer of the KSSQA, Mr. Idris Aliyu, explained that the six-year old girl was violated within the school premises and the school authority covered it up. Governor Nasir El-Rufai has ordered that the Islamiyah be shut down indefinitely until the investigation is concluded and the culprit produced. The headmaster of the school will be held responsible for the act until all persons in the school are profiled and the perpetrator identified by the survivor and prosecuted. The Head Teacher of the Islamiyah School in Kaduna denied the allegation of a rape, but the grandmother of the survivor, Hajiya Batul Gambo, insisted that her grandchild was violated. A medical report signed by Dr. A Raji confirmed Gambo's claim, attributing the bleeding to virginal bruising of the labia minora, bilaterally periurethral bruising, heamatoma of the clitoris and laceration of the hymen. The 12-year-old girl in Kachia was six months pregnant and the school was shut down as directed by EL-Rufai. The two schools will remain closed until investigations are concluded and the culprit prosecuted in accordance with the law.