Pardoned convict, Hashimu, 50 years, rearrested for raping 4-year-old girl
Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected rapist, 50 years old Yusuf Bako, resident of Yakubu Wanka street, within Bauchi metropolis for allegedly raping a 4-year-old girl.
The suspect, Bako, who was rescued by a team of Policemen after he was almost beaten to death by angry mobs, was reportedly caught in the act of raping the 4-year-old girl in a Mosque at Aminu street in Bauchi late Friday evening.
The State Police Commissioner, Lawal Tanko Jimeta confirmed the incident in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil and made available to newsmen in Bauchi on Saturday.
The statement also revealed that the suspect has already confessed to committing the crime as well as confirmed that he actually had canal knowledge of the minor.
It further stated that the interrogation of the suspect revealed that he was arrested and imprisoned in the year 2001 and 2015 for the same offence and that he was recently pardoned by the state government due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The CP Jimeta also used the medium to call on the people of Bauchi state to continue exercising their civic responsibility of giving vital information to the police in order to fight crime and criminality in the state.
