Umar Isah, a teacher at a private school in Katsina, has been detained by police officers for alleged sexual assault in the region.
The state police command’s spokesman, Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday and claimed the suspect assaulted five female students there.
He stated that the suspect regularly enticed the kids into the school’s restroom so he could fondle their privates.
Isah said: “On 10/11/2022 at about 1000hrs, the following persons namely Hussaina Rabe, Basira Umar, Khalid Ibrahim and Zainab Ibrahim all of Shargalle village, Dutsi LGA of Katsina state, jointly reported at Dutsi Division against one Umar Isah, ‘M’, aged 25yrs of Mashi LGA, a classroom teacher, that on different dates and time, the suspect took advantage of their daughters (names withheld) and lured them into the school’s toilet and inserted his finger into their private parts.
“In the course of the investigation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the offence. The investigation is ongoing.”
