A young woman, Hadiza Musa Baffa, has come forward to explain how Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former Minister of Special Duties, allegedly r@ped her in 2014 and used his influence to intimidate her into silence for years.
In a tearful narration in an August 17, 2025, video obtained by SaharaReporters on Thursday, Hadiza said the former minister has consistently threatened her life and subjected her and her child to relentless intimidation.
“He has been using his power and his status to threaten my life and frustrate my life with my child. For the record, I didn’t do anything of such,” she said.
According to Hadiza, the former minister is the father of her child. She denied claims linked to a mysterious letter in circulation that allegedly involved her, insisting she did not know of it.
“I didn’t write any letter and I have no idea about that letter or why the person that wrote it wrote it,” she stressed.
She recounted that in September 2014, while she was a student of Base University, Abuja, the minister sent his driver, identified as Shehu, to pick her up around 4 p.m. She was then taken to a residence on Yadema Street, Asokoro, which she later described as “Han’s place.”
Hadiza said the following day, in the dead of night, the former minister gained access to the room where she was kept.
“He came around 1 a.m. in 2014. I don’t want to go into details because it’s not a fun thing to say. He r@ped me that night and asked me not to say anything. He left and I was really scared to talk,” she said, breaking down in tears.
She recalled how she tried to mask her trauma when she returned to school but her friend and roommate quickly noticed that something was wrong.
“She asked me, Hadiza are you really okay? You can talk to me. I said, yes, I’m fine. She said, you look different. I said, no, I’m fine.
“There is evidence to be pushed out soon,” she recounted.
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