POLICE operatives in Bauchi State have apprehended a Quranic teacher who allegedly abducted two Almajiri boys from Katsina State and engaged in unnatural sexual intercourse with them initially inside a mosque.
It was gathered that the 37-year-old Abubakar Talba reportedly enticed the minors with promises of financial support to start a business, only to then sexually assault them.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)
SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil stated: “The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested Abubakar Talba ‘m’, 37-year-old from Hausari Dandal, Borno State, for abduction and sodomy.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he had attended a Quranic school in Fagge. He met one of his victims at the BATA area in the Fagge Local Government Area. The victim, identified as Masaud Barau, 12 years old, from Gamniya Village in Niger Republic, was brought to a Quranic school in Rijiyar Lemo, Kano State.
“On reaching Daura, the suspect encountered the second victim, identified as Ibrahim Jabiru ‘m’, 13 years from Mai Mujiya Village in Katsina State, who was brought to Quranic school at ‘Tsangayar Malam Usman’ in Daura under the pretence of providing capital to start selling touch lights and batteries.
“From Daura, he moved the two boys to Danbatta, where he began abusing one of the boys inside a mosque. After spending the night in Danbatta, he proceeded to Udubo Village in Bauchi State, where he continued to abuse the victims.
“The Command implores members of the public to provide useful information that could help locate the parents or guardians of the victims,” he said.
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