Bauchi State Police Command has arrested five members of a suspected rape syndicate in Zadawa village, Misau local government area of the state.
The command’s public relations officer, Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.
He said the case was reported on August 12, 2025, by Yusuf Muhammad and Danjuma Muhammad of Misau, who alleged that in July, some individuals lured their daughter, Hussaina, with monetary incentives and raped her at different locations.
The suspects are Sulaiman Adamu (42), Umar Adamu (45), Musa Ibrahim (40), Shu’aibu Abubakar (47), and Muhammad Sunusi,all residents of Zadawa village in Misau local government area.
Wakil explained that detectives were immediately dispatched following the report, and the victim was taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Misau, for medical examination. The suspects were subsequently arrested and, during interrogation, confessed to the crime.
He added that medical findings confirmed that the minor was sexually assaulted.
“Moreover the first suspect (Muhammad Sunusi) confessed to having nurtured the private part of the minor since she was at aged of 5-year-old, where the minor use to play in his house with their age mates and use that opportunity to influence the minor into his room and fingered her private part frequently, up to the level where he penetrates into the minor private part in different occasions,” he said.
According to Wakil, the second suspect (Suleiman Adamu) confessed that he sometimes sat at the doorstep of his shop at Zadawa village, where the minor was passing by and marched his legs. He questioned her, but the minor disclosed that she was hungry.
“She needs two hundred naira to buy food, but the suspect declined the request, which the minor offered herself to have sexual intercourse with her on condition of giving her the requested amount.
“He agreed and fulfilled with N500 naira as he promised after the sexual intimate each time on three different occasions, including his farm located at Zadawa village,” the statement added.
He added that the third suspect (Musa Ibrahim) confessed to having taken advantage of the minor by asking him for money and luring her to a shop located at Zadawa and having carnal knowledge of her under the promise of giving her N500 naira.
“In addition, the fourth suspect (Umar Adamu) admitted and disclosed that he sometimes meets the minor by the roadside within Zadawa village when he was just back from Taraba State and asked for help of five hundred N500 naira and refused to give the money when the minor offered herself if he was interested.
“The suspect promises to give the requested amount if the minor cooperates well and subsequently had canal knowledge with the minor under the influence of the promise.
“Also, the fifth suspect (Shu’aibu Abubakar) confessed that he heard the story of the minor from his friend (Musa Ibrahim), who gave him the complete history of how the minor was seeking money and had intercourse with several people.
“Thereafter, the suspect approached the minor, had intercourse with her, and gave her N500 naira,” Wakil stated.
“Following a medical examination conducted at the Federal Medical Centre, Misau, the findings read that the victim was penetrated with some seminal fluid within her vulva and private part.”
The Commissioner of Police, CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu, has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to conduct a thorough investigation and ensure the case is charged to court.
The Command assured members of the public that it would do everything possible to ensure justice for the victim.
