Olusegun Ariyo
Bauchi State Police Command has arrested four people in connection with the death of a two-year-old girl in Ningi local government area of the state.
The was reported to have been raped to death.
Among those arrested are the child’s 17-year-old mother, Lauratu Saleh and 23-year-old father, Abubakar Usman, along with a chemist who provided initial medical aid and a relative who assisted in transporting the child’s remains to her father.
Spokesman of the Command, Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the arrests, which he said were made after investigations.
Addressing journalists while parading the suspects at the Command headquarters on Friday, Wakili said a discreet investigation led to the arrest of the suspects who are currently helping to unravel circumstances surrounding the incident.
Wakili added that the Command is also investigating an alleged case of rape connected to the death, as a medical doctor at the Ningi General Hospital confirmed signs of sexual assault on the deceased child.
Urban Express News Online recalls that the corpse of a two-year-old girl was found wrapped in clothes and dumped within the premises of a Mosque in an area known as Newada in Ningi, headquarters of Ningi LGA two days ago.
