One-year-old child raped; woman, 13, murdered in Bauchi 

The police command in Bauchi has commenced investigations into the rape of an 18-month-old child and the homicide of a 13-year-old woman.

On Saturday, a press release by the police spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, stated a 59-year-old man was arrested for the rape. 

The assertion added that two suspects had been additionally arrested for allegedly conspiring to kill the 13-year-old woman.

Mr Wakil defined that the child’s mom, Nenkat Danladi, reported the rape to the Yelwa police station on August 8. The mom advised the police that she met the suspect on her mattress along with her daughter at about 11:30 p.m.

“After about half-hour, the nominal complainant found that the non-public a part of her daughter was oozing blood. A crew of personnel led by DPO Yelwa rushed the sufferer to ATBU Instructing Hospital Bauchi for medical examination. The suspect was arrested, and an investigation has commenced in earnest,” he stated.

On the 13-year-old woman who was discovered useless and her corpse burnt, the command spokesman stated her father, Danladi Mohammed of Mai’ari Arewa village, reported her disappearance to the Divisional Police Headquarters Alkaleri on August 4.

Mr Wakil additional acknowledged that the complainant additionally talked about two folks suspected may need a hand within the woman’s disappearance. He stated the suspects had been arrested and allegedly confessed to the crime.

In keeping with the police, the principal suspect confessed that the lacking woman was his girlfriend and was four-month pregnant.

The police spokesperson additionally talked about that the suspect additional revealed that he conspired with the mom of the lacking woman and his confederate and took the sufferer to Gombe to acquire an abortion.

The police officer additionally disclosed that whereas in Gombe, a 50-year-old girl dwelling within the Jekada Fari space gave the teenage woman some substances to take to abort the being pregnant.

“Finally, on their approach to Mai’ari village alongside Akko LGA Gombe state, the 2 aforementioned suspects strangulated the sufferer. Consequently, the sufferer fell unconscious and gave up the ghost. In the identical vein, burnt the physique of the sufferer past recognition and buried her in a shallow grave at a close-by bush in Akko LGA, Gombe state,” acknowledged the police.

The assertion added, “On the power of that, preliminary investigation commenced, the scene was visited by DPO Alkaleri, who evacuated the sufferer to Basic Hospital Alkaleri, the place she was licensed useless by a medical physician.”

Mr Wakil stated police commissioner Umar Sanda had directed that the 2 circumstances be transferred to the State Prison Investigation Division for a radical investigation.

(NAN)