A man who disguised as a lady by wearing hijab and who attempted to break into shops in Bauchi metropolis has been arrested by men of the state police command.
The man, Umar Ladan, aged 21 years, was apprehended by a patrol team comprising policemen and community security guards popularly known as ‘Yan Committee’ in the Bununu area of the city.
It was gathered that Ladan, described as a ‘serial shop breaker,’ was arrested on Tuesday, September 15, while wearing a hijab at night and was about to break into some shops. When he was accosted by the operatives, he could not give satisfactory account of his mission there.
When he was brought to the police station, he was found to be a man after the hijab was removed from him.
He was said to have given more useful information about his nefarious activities while he has also been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation.
He is expected to be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.
In another disturbing development, on September 14, around 8:00 p.m., two fathers from Buskuri Village via Madara District, Katagum Local Government Area of the state, reported that on the same dy, around 7:00 p.m., one Auwalu Wada, aged 22 years, lured their two daughters, both seven years old, into an uncompleted building and had unlawful carnal knowledge of them before fleeing.
Upon receipt of the complaint, detectives took the girls to General Hospital, Azare, for medical attention and arrested the suspect.
During his interrogation, he was said to have confessed carrying out the defilement and he has been transferred to the SCID for further interrogation.
