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Man defiles 4-year-old girl in Bauchi

A middle age man has been arrested defiling a four-year-old girl inside a mosque in Bauchi.

The incident happened on Wunti Street in the metropolis.

The man was nearly lynched before he was handed over to the police.

The young girl who was found seriously bleeding has been taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH).

“He confessed that he belonged to a group of five that engages in defiling small children. He said they were asked to be committing their dastardly acts inside a mosque and that he lives in Yakubu Wanka area of Bauchi.

“He also said that he had spent nearly five days in the area playing with small children, giving them money and sweets before luring one of them,” a source told Dateline

The man, who has not been named, is now in the custody of the CID unit of the Bauchi State Police Command.

The police were not immediately available for comment.

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