A 23-year-old garden egg seller, Sanusi Umar, has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State for allegedly sodomising a mentally ill 10-year-old boy.
SP Ahmed Wakil, the spokesperson of the police in the state, told newsmen on Wednesday that the suspect lured the boy with sweets.
Wakil said, “Officers attached to Operation Restore Peace (ORP), Bauchi State, arrested the 23-year-old man on March 28, at about 2100 hours.
“The suspect lured the minor with N30 sweets and asked him to accompany him to an isolated area behind the AIB Filling Station along Kofar Ran and sodomised him.”
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He further said that the minor was taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) where tests were conducted on him, adding that investigation was in progress. (NAN)
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