The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Isiyaku Usman, for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl and stealing two mobile phones from her in Darazo Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Habib said the suspect allegedly lured the girl into an uncompleted building, where he allegedly dispossessed her of the phones before sexually assaulting her.
He said the incident occurred on September 6, 2026, after the victim’s 37-year-old father, a resident of Kari village, Darazo, reported the matter to the police.
The statement read in part, “On the same date at about 0800hrs, the victim was on her way to a neighbouring house with two Android phones of the same make, Techno A31, when one Isiyaku Usman ‘m’, 20-years-old, of the same address, lured her into a nearby uncompleted building, robbed her of the phones and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her.”
