Police arrest 23 yr old man for alleged rape, sodomy in Bauchi
By Samuel Luka, Bauchi
A 23 year old man, Sanusi Umar has been arrested by the operatives of Bauchi state police Command over alleged rape of 10 year old mentally unstable boy (name withheld) in the state.
The suspect, police said is a garden egg seller who lured the innocent minor with a thirty naira (N30) sweet and asked him victim to accompany him to an isolated area behind the AIB filling station along Kofar Ran to defecate.
According to a crime bulletin made available to newsmen by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Wakil in Bauchi yesterday, the suspect was arrested by operatives attached to Operation Restore Peace (ORP) Bauchi State Police Command on the 28th March 2024 at about 2100hrs.
The crime bulletin explained that, after the defection, the suspect asked the victim to undress his trouser to enable him see whether he cleaned his anus or not.
According to Police, upon removing his (the minor) trousers, the suspect also removed his trousers, grabbed the victim from the back and had canal knowledge of him.
The crime bulletin further explained that the victim rushed to the manager of the filling station and informed him that the said suspect had canal knowledge of him.
SP Wakil said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect hails from Jingino village, Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa state.
The findings by police also uncovered that the suspect who came to Bauchi state about two years ago has been hawking garden eggs at AIB filling station along Kofar Ran, Bauchi.
SP Wakil added, “it is also revealed that the suspect leveraged the unsound mental condition of the victim to perpetrate such a crime on him.
He said that the victim was rushed to the ATBU Teaching Hospital, Bauchi alongside the the suspect, where different tests were conducted on him to determine his health status.
Police stated that investigation is still in progress, after which the suspect will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.
SP Wakil noted that the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Mohammed enjoined parents, Guardians, and leaders wielding various degrees of influence to prevail on their wards and proteges to shy away from crime.
The CP also assured the good people of Bauchi State of his unrelenting commitment towards maintaining an aggressive stance against all forms of crime and criminality in the state.
