A
policeman serving with the Bauchi State Police Command has been arrested for
allegedly having anal sex with children between the ages of nine and twelve.
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ladan, confirmed the incident
while speaking with Daily Trust.
“A
division was investigating the matter, but I have directed them to transfer the
case to the state’s Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). The accused is in
detention at the moment, and after investigation, we will make our discovery
known to the public,” he said.
A
source told Daily Trust that the policeman was accused to have slept with about
eight children in Kandahar area of Bauchi metropolis. He said the policeman
following a report by some parents. A senior staff at the Tafawa Balewa
University Teaching Hospital, who doesn’t want his name in print told our
correspondent that about nine children were brought to the paediatric ward of
the hospital by the policemen from the state’s Criminal Investigation
Department, and that they were treated and discharged
Source
Daily Trust.
