Bauchi police arrest four men over alleged rape, defilement of minors

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested four men over alleged rape, defilement and sexual exploitation involving three girls aged 10, 11 and 12, and a 20-year-old woman described by the police as vulnerable.
The incidents were reported in Ningi, Azare, Shira and Bauchi metropolis between October 8 and 10, 2026, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib.
In the first case, police arrested a 50-year-old man, identified as Musa Ibrahim, popularly known as Musa Fawa, over the alleged defilement of a 10-year-old girl in Gadar Maiwa village, Ningi Local Government Area.
The statement said the victim’s father reported on...