The Gombe Police Command says it has arrested two persons
suspected of homosexuality and another for rape.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Fwaje
Atajiri made this known in Gombe.
According to Atajiri, a 25-year-old suspected homosexual, of Dubai
by-pass Gombe, had on September, 15, 2013, lured a seven-year-old boy to an
uncompleted building, threatened him with a knife and raped him.
According to him, an old man notified the police after querying
the boy, whom he met walking in pains after the rape.
The police spokesman said the suspect was immediately arrested and
after interrogation allegedly confessed to have committed the offence.
Also, Atajiri said another suspect, who resides at Riyal quarters,
Gombe, was arrested at a building site in Cham village of Balanga Local
Government after raping a 12-year-old boy.
He said that the police had also apprehended another person, who
goes by the alias ‘Popo’, for allegedly raping a 3-year-old girl.
He said the cries of the baby alerted her mother who rushed to the
scene and caught the suspect red handed.
Atajiri said when `popo' of Sarkin Yaki quarters, Kumo, in Akko
Local Government tried to escape, neighbours helped to arrest and lock him up
in a room until the police arrived.
The police spokesman also disclosed that three robbery suspects
were arrested by residents in Bambam town of Balanga Local Government, after
attempting to rob one Alhaji Hamma Cham.
Atajiri said all the suspects would be arraigned in court as
soon as investigations were concluded.
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