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Sexual Molestation: Politicians Interfere With Legal Process –Sokoto Hisbah

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The Commandant, Sokoto State Hisbah Commission, Dr Adamu Kasarawa on Sunday said that politicians interfere with sexual molestation issues, hereby compromising prosecution of crimimals.

Kasarawa made the statement while speaking with news men in Sokoto and added that the commission recorded 606 rape cases across the state in 2019.

“This issue of rape mostly involved young girls and teenagers between the age of five and 16,” he said.

“The offenders cut across all calibre of people in the society, including politicians, traditional rulers, clerics, businessmen, and women.

“The negative attitude of some parents, poverty and greed has made sexual exploitation more rampant in the state.

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“The politicians are interfering with the legal process to prosecute and pass judgment against them.

“I think anything that has to do with rape, politicians should step aside as issues of interests should not be there,” he said.

“Presently, we are just like volunteers, the Commission is owned by the government but no cash backing, that is our serious problem, but we are still trying our best to see that we maintain the services,” he noted.

“By the time Hisbah is empowered and on daily basis prosecute cases of rape in the state, I am very sure people would stop committing that offence.

“When offenders are being punished accordingly, it will serve as deterrent to people, and make them go back to their senses,” he concluded.

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