From Abdul Ardo
The three male adults, (1 Lukman Muhammad , aged 30 years, (2 Musa Halilu aged 32 years and (3 Alkasim, surname unknown are currently in the police net on alledged Sodomy on a 12- year old.
According to a Police bulletin report signed by CSP Muhammad Ahmed Wakil, says on the 16 th of July, at about 12:00 hours, One Ibrahim Maikudi submitted a formal complaint to the ‘C’ Divisional Headquarters of Bauchi Police Command regarding an alledged incident involving criminal conspiracy and unnatural offences.
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 sexual intercourse.
Commissioner of Police, CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu, 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.