There is serious anger in the Nguru area of Yobe State following the decision of the Nigeria Police Force to release a man who serially raped a seven-year-old internally displaced girl.

The girl, it was gathered lives with her mother in a camp at Garbi, a suburb of Nguru town, after they fled insurgents attacks.

According to Sahara Reporters, an activist based in Nguru who is working to get justice for the family of the victim (name withheld) said people of the area are outraged after they saw the perpetrator of the crime, Danladi Naira, walking freely in the town.

Describing how the alleged rapist was nabbed, he said:

“The rapist always picks the girl on her way to Islamiyya and rape her.”