A 59-year-old man has been arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command for raping his neighbour’s 18-month-old baby.
Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, August 13.
According to him, the suspect was arrested after mother of the baby, Nenkat Danladi, reported the rape case to Yelwa police station.
“On 09/08/2022 at about 1900hrs, one Nenkat Danladi ‘f’ aged 31yrs of Yelwan Kagadama lodged a complaint in Yelwa police station that on 06/08/2022 at about 1130hrs she met one Alhamdu Yusuf ‘m’ aged 59yrs of same address on her bed with her daughter one Blessing (not real name) ‘f’ aged 1½yrs of the same address,” the statement read.
“After about 30 minutes the nominal complainant discovered that the private part of her daughter is oozing blood, on the recipe of the complaint a team DCB personnel led by DPO yelwa rushed the victim to ATBU Teaching Hospital Bauchi for medical examination.
” The suspect was arrested and an investigation commence in earnest.
“The task has been an easy one, but in line with our Constitutional mandate, we shall remain fierce, tireless and relentless in committing ourselves toward the safety and security of lives and property.”
