Girl, 10, rushed to hospital after boy, 15, 'lures her into farm for sex attack'
The girl's father has reported the alleged attack to the police.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a girl after luring her to a farm. The girl, aged 10, is alleged to have been assaulted by the teenager in a village near the city of Azare, northeastern Nigeria.
Her father reported the alleged sex attack to Azare Divisional Police on Thursday (October 29), local media reports. The force's spokesperson, Nafiu Habib, is reported to have said the incident happened on October 15.
He added: "On receipt of the complaint, detectives rushed the victim to General Hospital, Azare, for medical examination." Mr Habib said the suspect was arrested and taken into custody at a police station in the city of Bauchi.
Police Commissioner, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, said his command takes a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse and gender-based and sexual violence, Nigerian news website Punch reports.
Activists and campaigners in Nigeria called for a state of emergency over sex and gender-based violence last year.
The Femicide Observatory reported 17 deaths of women in Nigera due to gender based violence last year.
Rights groups have blamed the violence on misogynistic online content and argued that lax laws and prosecutions have created an environment where such crimes are enabled, The Guardian reports.
One in three women in Nigeria have experienced physical violence by the age of 15, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The UN's sexual and reproductive health agency has said incidents of gender-based violence in Niger has grown astronomically as a result of the insurgency in north east Nigeria.
This includes forced marriages as well as physical, mental or sexual assaults on women, UNFPA reports.
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