The Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 50-year-old man, for allegedly torturing his five- year-old son to coma at Gwalangan Mayaka suburb of Bauchi metropolis.
The spokesperson of the command, CSP Ahmed Wakil disclosed this on Thursday in Bauchi, saying the boy Hussaini Abubakar said he was treated inhumanely by his father.
He said a good samaritan who found the boy lying unconscious on the ground shackled reported the mattrr to the police.
“The boy further stated that he was incarcerated with the exception of all humane treatment by the father for many days which he cannot specify and also spent three days without eating,” he said
Wakil said the police arrested the father for the alleged offence of child abuse, who also claimed to have confined the minor to restrict him from stealing their neighbour’s valuables.
“That his father was advised to do so by his friend. The police criminal investigation department would investigate discreetly to get to the crux of the matter and other motives surrounding the dastardly act,” Wakil said.
Meanwhile, the command has also arrested two rape suspects in Bauchi metropolis.
The suspects included a 28-year-old man who was said to have lured a nine-year-old girl of the same address into his room while she was on an errand and allegedly forcefully had carnal knowledge of her without her consent.
“The second suspect, a 67-year-old man, also reportedly lured girls of 17 and 16 years both of the same address into his room and had carnal knowledge of them.
He said the suspects, during interrogation, voluntarily confessed to the crime and corroborated the victims’ statement
Wakil said investigation was still ongoing, after which the suspects would be profiled and charged to court.
