The Sokoto State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has paraded five suspects, among them the uncle of a seven-year-old who was allegedly sodomised.
Mohammed Saleh-Dada, the NSCDC state commander, told reporters when presenting the suspects to the media at the command centre in Sokoto that the victim's uncle was the first suspect to sodomise the minor.
He continued by saying that the alleged uncle then recruited four additional people, who continued to rape the youngster till they damaged his private area.
He claimed that when the victim's family alerted authorities to the culprits' horrible crime, the accused were apprehended.
In a related development, the Commandant also disclosed that the command is prosecuting a suspect for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl who is related to him.
He said the suspect was arrested after discovering that he has consistently raped the victim as well as sodomised her before the alarm was raised.
He further stressed that the command has also obtained a court order to further detain the five sodomy suspects to conclude an investigation on their matter before they will be charged to the court.
Meanwhile, the Commandant has appealed to lawyers and other human rights activists to always consider the victims and their relations before making a case for such suspects of rape and sodomy.
He maintained that the trauma of such victims and their relations can only be imagined.