Operatives of the Nigeria Police attached to the Zone 12 Command headquarters of the Bauchi State Command have arrested a 70-year-old man, one Alhaji Umaru Daura, for defiling his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter.
This was disclosed in a press release by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer (ZPPRO), Thomas Goni.
Goni, a Superintendent of Police (SP), stated that the incident happened at Kawo Rauta village, in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The zonal police image maker stated that the victim’s father, one Alhaji Habu, reported the case to the police, saying that, “the suspect was caught red-handed defiling my seven-year-old daughter.”
Goni added that the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 12, Bauchi, AIG Audu A. Madaki, has directed that the suspect be charged to court after completion of investigation.
