The Bauchi State Police Command arrested Sani Musa, a 35-year-old man, for sodomizing a 12-year-old boy in Alkaleri Local Government Area.

A spokesperson for the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Monday, September 12, said the suspect lured the minor, a sachet water hawker into a locked shop at Alkaleri main market and had an*l sexual intercourse with him.

"On 06/09/2022 at about 0900hrs detectives attached to Alkaleri Divisional Police Headquarters acted on a report arrested one Sani Musa ‘m’ aged 35yrs, an ice cream seller residing at Bacas area of Bauchi State for having an*l sexual intercourse with one Bako (not real name) ‘m’ aged 12yrs-old of Behind Bank Alkaleri," the PPRO stated

"Preliminary investigation revealed that on 05/09/2022 at about 2100hrs the suspect who is selling ice cream at Alkaleri main market bought a sachet of water from the victim and later saw him walking around the market and lured him to a nearby locked shop and had an*l sexual intercourse with him. During interrogation, the suspect voluntarily confessed to the crime."

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Sanda, has directed that the case be charged to court.