A 65-year old man, Danladi Wari, arrested for allegedly defiling a 9-year old girl, has tried to justify his action by telling the Police that the victim seduced him by touching sensitive parts of his body and he then penetrated her. 

This News Agency reports that the incident happened at Gangaraso in Jada Local Government, Adamawa State, where they reside.The suspect, Danladi, after his arrest by the Police operatives from Adamawa State Command, confessed that the girl got him into having carnal knowledge of her by touching him seductively.

He explained and insisted that the little girl followed him into his room and seduced him into sleeping with her as such he did not rape her.

He stated that she demanded for N200 from him but he will not give her but made three clothes she brought to him for free.
This was confirmed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Nguroje. He said that the man had claimed that the girl demanded N200 from him, which he did not give her, but made for free some clothes, which she had brought to him.

Nguroje stated that the suspect was apprehended following a complaint to the Police by the girl’s family members that he actually defiled her. He stated that the suspect would be prosecuted according to the dictates of the law but that will be after the investigations by the Police.

The suspect risks several years of imprisonment or life imprisonment if he is tried and found guilty before the Court for the alleged defilement.