ONE DEATH TOO MANY.... Kaduna Mothers Raise Alarm Over deaths of Adolescents

"Enough Of This Wickedness To Kaduna Children".... Mothers Cry Out.

"The perpetrators of these two sad occurrences are on rampage and must not be allowed to do the third one".

Kurmi Marshi, a bursting community located inside Kaduna North local government area of Kaduna State that also shares close borders with the old site of the Nigeria Defence Academy, NDA, is yet again in the news.

Kurmi Mashi, in recent times has been in the news for negative reasons that has continued to evoke anguish, pains and sorrow as the lifeless body of a six-year-old old girl, suspected to have been defiled and killed by yet unknown person(s) has been discovered.

Recall, that on June 28, while residents were in their houses observing the lockdown as directed by the governments across the country, following the outbreak of the Corona Virus, otherwise called COVID-19, early risers had woken up to the gory sight of the corpse of a little girl in a Mosque whose killer(s) are yet to be identified and apprehended up till November 8, a clear four months after.

Yet again, another girl, Aisha Ya'u, was found dead penultimate week, in the same circumstance but this time around, at a burial ground.

According to available reports as at the time of filing this report showed that the unfortunate six years old girl returned from Islamiyya on Sunday around 11 am, changed into her playing clothes and went out to play in the neighbourhood until a few hours later when her mother discovered that she was missing.

"The search for the girl began and she was found dead at a burial ground in the area by a farmer with sand all over her body", a source who spoke in confidence said.

Attempts to speak with the mother of the victim, Amaratu Ya'u, failed because she was still in shock of the evil that had befallen her daughter.

However, a source close to the family disclosed that, "Aisha's mother had raised an alarm of her missing daughter an hour after she could not find her daughter and this attracted neighbours who joined her in searching for the missing girl".

Asked about the whereabouts of the father, the family source could provide a clear answer.

The source, when pressed for further information, revealed to that "the search started around midnight and lasted till evening. It was a man who was returning from a farm that discovered Aisha's lifeless body dumped in the cemetery close to their home and alerted people".

Reacting, the Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Human Services and Social Development, Hafsat Muhammad-Baba, who expressed sadness over the development, called on the Commissioner of Police in the State, Muri Umar, to deploy all available resources to apprehend the perpetrators of the heinous crimes happening repeatedly in the same community.

"Right thinking Kaduna people are very sad with this unfortunate development. While we are still waiting for the apprehension of criminal elements who did similar thing in the same area during the lockdown, this one happened again. It is unfortunate, to say the least".

"This is coming at a time the current administration is doing everything possible to protect our children in Kaduna state. These criminals are still on rampage but they must be stopped", she stated.

"With cruelty like this, our children are not safe any longer because this can happen to any child which is why our security must do their work to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice for the victims".

"I am calling on the Commissioner of Police in Kaduna, CP Muri Umar, to help us get to the bottom of this", Muhammad-Baba said.

"I know Police have a way of investigating this kind of incident. This is important because, the perpetrators of these two sad occurrences are on rampage and must not be allowed to do the third one", she said.

Police Spokesman for the Kaduna Command, ASP Muhammed Jalige, who confirmed the discovery of the corpse of the little girl said, though it was early to attribute the cause of her death to defilement, Police had already gone to a Magistrate Court to sign a Corona Form which would enable the hospital to carry out series of examination on the corpse of the girl.

"The Police is trying to get a form called Corona Form signed by a Magistrate Court. This is a form that will enable the hospital to examine the girl. After the examination, the hospital can then release the corpse to the parents for burial", he said.