The police in Bauchi State has arrested 23-year-old garden egg seller, Sanusi Umar for allegedly sodomising a mentally disabled 10-year-old boy.
The spokesperson of the Police in Bauchi SP Ahmed Wakil, told newsmen on Wednesday in Bauchi, saying the suspect lured the boy with N30 sweets.
Wakili said after the suspect lured the minor with a thirty naira (N30), he asked the victim to accompany him to an isolated area behind the AIB filling station along Kofar Ran and sodomised him.
He said the minor was taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, where different tests were conducted on him to determine his health status.
Investigation, he said, is still in progress.
He said the suspect would be charged to court after investigations are completed.
