Okada riders snatch 1-year-old baby, rape her inside bush in Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command said it has arrested one motorcycle rider who allegedly conniving with two others to rape a 1-year-old baby.
The suspect, Saleh Suleiman, and his accomplices, allegedly snatched the baby from her mother, Suwaiba Ahmadu, on Sunday.
They allegedly ran into the bush where they took turns on the baby.
Police say they are in the hunt for two other suspects.
The state police PRO, DSP Isha Gambo, said the child’s father, Jibril Ahmadu, reported the case.
“At a point along the bush path, the baby, who was strapped to the back of the mother, was forcefully taken from the mother by two members of the gang. They ran inside the bush with the baby, where another member was waiting for them. The trio thereafter gang-raped the baby,” Gambo said.
“One of the gang members, Saleh Suleiman, is already in the police net while the other two, whose names we cannot disclose yet, are still on the run.”
The baby had been taken to the General Hospital, Funtua, where she was admitted for treatment.
