The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said it has secured the conviction of a former Chief Pharmacist at the National Hospital, Abuja, Abubakar Mustapha Danraka, for raping a 12-year-old boy.
NAPTIP, in a post on X, formerly Twitter, said Danraka was convicted of Rape (sodomy) and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The agency said the conviction is part of its efforts at implementing the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The defendant, Abubakar Mustapha Danraka (former Chief Pharmacist at National Hospital, Abuja) was convicted of Rape (sodomy) and sentenced to life imprisonment. Justice Prevails! RT!
NAPTIP had in April 2020 arrested Danraka after he allegedly had anal sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old boy (name withheld), an offence contrary to the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015.
Spokesperson for NAPTIP, Osamuyi Oyegun, had said that the suspect was Danraka, who hails from Zaria, Kaduna State, was also an imam in the mosque within the Spring Valley Estate of the FCT where he was a resident at the time.
The then 12-year-old victim had informed NAPTIP operatives that the crime took place on Saturday, March 21, 2020, at the residence of the suspect.
According to him, after their religious educational programme (Islamiyya) that afternoon, he decided to check on his friend who happens to be a neighbour of the suspect.
He explained that when he got to his friend’s residence, he knocked at the door, but there was no response.
He added that as he made to leave the suspect opened his door and beckoned on him to come.
The suspect was said to have offered the victim a glass of water which the boy took and later began to feel weak.
“In that state of weakness, the suspect overpowered him, laid him on a red settee in his sitting room and forced his penis into his (victim) anus.
“After the suspect was done, he asked him to go home with a stern warning not to mention what had happened to anyone.
“On getting home, his mother scolded him about his whereabouts but noticed her son was uneasy. She took him into the room questioned him and he opened up about what had happened to him.
“The victim said his mother checked his body and saw sperm content and bruises around his anus region. She and the father rushed him to the National Hospital, Abuja where he was admitted.
“The victim was discharged on Thursday, March 26, 2020 after spending five days in the hospital,” the statement read at the time.
