A 67-year-old man in Bauchi has been accused of defiling two teenagers and offering them N500.
The fathers of the teenage girls were said to have reported the rape incident at the A’ Divisional Police Headquarters on June 22.
They reported that Mohammed lured their daughters aged 16 and 17 years into his room and had canal knowledge of them.
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Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, revealed in a statement yesterday that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and corroborated the victims’ statement.
He added that the victims further revealed that the suspect had canal knowledge of them up to five times each after which he gave them N500 each, adding that investigation was ongoing.
In a related development, another suspect, Suleiman Musa, aged 28, was arrested by the police for allegedly luring a nine-year-old girl (name withheld) into his room while she was on errand and forcibly slept with her.
The mother of the victim was said to have reported the rape incident at A’ Divisional Police Headquarters, Bauchi on Thursday; the same day her daughter was allegedly raped by the suspect.
Wakil revealed that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to have committed the crime.
He said that investigation was ongoing, concluding which the suspect would be charged to court.