Police arrest 20-year-old suspected ritualist in Bauchi
Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly cutting off the private part of a six-year-old child for suspected ritual purposes.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Bauchi on Friday.
He said when policemen received the complaint by the aunt of the victim, they swung into action and arrested the suspect while his accomplice is still at large.
He said, “On the 30th December, 2020 at about 7.20pm one Hafsatu Wada of Zango area of Jama’are LGA, reported at the Jama’are Police Station that her niece Safarau Mohammed (not real name) (6) of the same address was found crying in a pool of her blood.