The Bauchi Command of the Nigeria Police, has arrested one Yusuf Bako for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl inside a mosque.
The spokesperson of the Command, Ahmed Wakili in a statement on Saturday, said the 50-year-old suspect was rescued and rearrested while he was being attacked by a mob following the incident.
“On September 3, 2020, at about 11:30 am, one Jamilu Abdullahi, male, of Igbo quarters, reported at the township police station that on the same date at about 9.20 am, a mob was beating an unknown person on Aminu street and a team of police officers moved to the scene and rescued the suspect with varying degrees of injuries.
“He was subsequently taken to the hospital for treatment. He was identified as Yusuf Bako, male, (50) of Yakubu Wanka street, Bauchi.
“He lured one Hauwa’u Jamilu, female, (4) to a mosque located on Aminu street and had carnal knowledge of her.
“Yusuf Bako confessed to the crime,” Wakili stated.
According to him, interrogation revealed that the suspect was previously convicted for the same offence in 2001 and 2015, but pardoned by governor Bala Mohammed during the coronavirus pandemic.
In April, the governor had granted pardon to 69 inmates across the state, as part of efforts to decongest correctional centres to limit the spread of COVID-19.
