By
Muhsin
Ibrahim
@muhsin234
The
recent infamous sodomy case of Hassan Ibrahim Gwarzo Secondary School, Kano, did
not happen in a vacuum. Many similar cases have occurred and continue to occur, but they are unfortunately seldom reported, as they do not affect the
children of the affluent. For instance, about a week or so ago, I heard on the Rahama Radio program that a young man
had sexually defiled about 5 boys in their neighbourhoods. While interviewed by the Fagge Hisbah Command, the amateur homo said that nobody had ever taught him or had similar contact with him. He, I learned, wanted to say that that was
something inborn to him. Is homosexuality innate? As far as I can tell, sex
attraction is physiologically between opposite sexes.
Another
horrendous, even more horrible, happening is the spate of rape cases of
underage girls in the state. A doctor at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital disclosed
that in the hospital alone, they, on an almost daily basis, get more than ten rape
cases of either boys or girls. I didn’t believe her story until I heard
that a boy in our neighbourhood was sexually assaulted last night. And then
the stories of similar cases emerged from here and there. I say Innaa lillahi wa innaa ilaihi raaji’uun!
What is our community turning into?
I have
chronicled the following on my Facebook page. I think I should repost it on my
blog for more publicity and awareness.
As
reported on the Freedom Radio “In Da Ranka” program on 7th February
2016, a man raped his friend’s daughter after fetching her from primary
school. In another instance, a 65-year-old paedophile raped a 12-year-old girl. Again,
a few days later, this time at Gwammaja quarters, a girl, 6, was raped,
decapitated and dumped on the street. I was devastated, wallahi.
I
grappled with the sinister story for the rest of the night till the almighty
sleep surreptitiously snapped me. As I woke up today, the same begins to hunt
me. I am at a loss for words. It’s so sickening that such things are happening in
our midst.
A far
more sickening shocker happened this week. A girl, 16, was waylaid by a gang of
four rapists while seeing her friend’s boyfriend off at Kawo Maigari, Hotoro
quarters. The latter and a friend later joined the assailants, who are actually
his friends, and raped the innocent girl repeatedly. She’s now at the hospital
battling for her life.
According
to the reports, all the savage rapists are children born with silver spoons.
Thus, their parents have been restless, doing everything to secure their kids’
release. However, the Kano police command paraded them and vowed to see that
justice prevails.
It’s
heartrending that girls are becoming more vulnerable in our societies today.
It’s more heartbreaking that people don’t seem to care much. We would rather labour
to criticise or defend politicians who care little or not at
all about us.
Due to
our nonchalant attitude, several similar cases occurred and were left unreported or underreported. Again, the rapists are often acquitted
- and some are never even tried - despite whatever evidence brought against
them.
I
wouldn’t get tired of telling parents to be more vigilant and more prayerful. It’s
not all doomed. We really need to wake up. Parents and guardians ought to be very
wary of their daughters’ and wards’ movements. Do not trust
any non-Maharam near them, though it is no longer the girls whose movements and
activities should be monitored. The same, or more, measures should be applied
to the male children, for they are now equally vulnerable. Know their friends
and other people they deal with or chat with online and offline. Do
everything, but don’t be overprotective, for only Allah can genuinely secure the
chaste of our girls today.
India took several measures, including legislative ones, to curtail a dramatic rise in rape in the country. Nigeria should do the same to amend the
constitution to apply capital punishment to anybody found guilty of rape, or
a very long sentence with hard labour for these animals. They deserve no mercy
whatsoever, for they do not have an ounce of it. I hope the Muslim Women Lawyers
Association and similar concerned groups and associations will always follow any
rape cases in and outside Kano.
Allah ya iya mana kawai, amin.
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