Police probe abuse, torture of girls in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has launched an investigation into a video clip in which some boys are seen beating up some girls in the state.

Our correspondent who watched the video saw how the girls, numbering about 10, were confined in an uncompleted building being brutalised and harassed.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement, said, “The attention of the Bauchi State Police Command has been drawn to a viral multimedia clip (audio and video) of a torture scene in which a gang of hardened young boys are seen cruelly inflicting severe pain and violent treatment on a group of young ladies in their late teens and early 20s.

“The video shows the syndicate confining the group of the captured ladies numbering about 10 to an unkempt and uncompleted building as they brutally and oppressively beat the girls with intensive strokes of the whip. They further demeaned the ladies by using razor blades to cut off their hair while using vulgar words to further harass them.”

DSP Wakil said the police command sympathised with the victims of the unfortunate incident, noting that the victims had been invited to give vital information that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators.

He further said, “Such open violation of human dignity is not only alarming, but an act that amounts to gender-based violence,” adding that, “Our men have swung into action, investigations have earnestly commenced and the syndicate involved will be apprehended and arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.”