One Bala Mohammed has allegedly raped two girls in Bauchi, the police in the north-east state have said.
Mohammed, 67, who has since been arrested by the police, was said to have committed the crime after luring the victims into his room with money.
In a statement on Friday, Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, disclosed that the incident was reported at the A’ Divisional Police Headquarters in June 22, 2024, by the fathers of the girls.
According to the statement, the father said Mohammed lured his daughters, 17-year-old Safiya (not real name) and 16-year-old (not real name) of the same address into his room and had carnal knowledge of them.
Wakil said that the suspect voluntarily confessed to the crime and corroborated the victims’ statements during interrogation.
He added that the victims further revealed that the suspect had carnal knowledge of them each, up to five times, and thereafter gave them N500 each.
According to the statement ”investigation is still ongoing, and the suspect will be profiled and charged to court once it is completed.”
In a related development, another suspect, one Suleiman Musa, aged 28, was arrested by the police for allegedly luring one Amina (not real name) aged 9, into his room while she was on errand before he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her without her consent.
The mother of the victim, one Hajiya (not real name) was said to have reported the rape incident at A’ Divisional Police Headquarters, Bauchi, on July 4, 2024, same date her daughter was allegedly raped by the suspect.
Wakil revealed that during interrogation, the suspect freely confessed to have committed the crime, adding that investigation was still ongoing, after which the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution for the established offence
