Kaduna shuts down two Islamic schools

Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQA), on Friday, shut down the two Islamiyah schools indefinitely over the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl and impregnation of another 12- year-old girl.

Immediately the government received the report of the incident, one of the schools, Madrasatul Ulumul Deeniya wa Tahfizul Qur’an, located in Rigasa, was closed down over the alleged rape of the six-year-old girl in the school premises.

The other school, located at Tsohon Masallacin Juma’a in Kachia, Kachia Local Government, was also closed, following an alleged impregnation of a 12-year-old girl by a 50-year-old teacher at the school.

The Overseer of the KSSQA, Mr. Idris Aliyu, who shut down the Islamiya School in Rigasa, explained that the six-year-old girl was violated within the school premises and the school authority covered it up and claimed ignorance of the incident.