Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two men for sodomising a 12-year-old boy.
The spokesperson of the command, CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil,
who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 said police
arrested the suspects, Lukman Mohammed and Musa Halilu, following a complaint
by the victim's father.
According to the PPRO, Mohammed and Halilu and another
fleeing suspect identified simply as Alkasim, lured the minor into their
dwelling where they subjected him to anal s3xual intercourse.
“On 16th
July 2025, at about 1200 hours, Mr. Ibrahim Maikudi submitted a formal
complaint to the 'C' Divisional Headquarters of the Bauchi Police Command
regarding an alleged incident involving criminal conspiracy and unnatural
offences,” the statement read.
The
complaint detailed that Mr Maikudi discovered excrement on the trousers of his
12-year-old son. His wife corroborated this observation; reporting having
witnessed this occurrence on multiple occasions.
"Upon
inquiry, the minor disclosed that he had been enticed by three individuals,
identified as Lukman Mohammed, 30, Musa Halilu, 32, and Alkasim, surname
unknown.
"In
response to the complaint, detectives were dispatched to the location, and the
victim was referred to a specialist hospital in Bauchi for a medical
examination. Consequently, two suspects have been apprehended, while the third
individual remains at large.
"Preliminary
investigations indicate that an eyewitness, a watchman in proximity to the
location, voluntarily informed the police that he had observed one of the
suspects, Musa Halilu, pursuing the boy on two separate occasions.
"The
watchman cautioned the boy to maintain a distance from the suspects. Shortly
thereafter, he witnessed the boy approaching the suspects' residence, at which
point he intervened and reprimanded the boy.
"Following this incident, the boy's mother inquired about the reprimand, to which the watchman provided an explanation. The boy subsequently informed his mother that he had been influenced and lured by the suspects above into their dwelling, where he was subjected to anal s3xual intercourse.
“Commissioner of Police, CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu, psc (+), mni, has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Bauchi, to conduct a thorough investigation and to ensure the apprehension of the remaining suspect.”
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