15-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Burning and Robbing 9 Houses in Bauchi
A 15-year-old
boy identified as Ismaila Suleiman has been arrested by the Bauchi State
Police Command for setting nine houses in different areas in the Bauchi
metropolis on fire, PUNCH reports.
The 15-year-old
boy, with the help of his accomplices, reportedly stole some goods from
the houses at the Fadam Mada, Kafin Galadima and Dass Park areas of Bauchi
Metropolis after setting them on fire. The spokesperson for the Bauchi
state Police command, Mahmood Mohammed, said in a statement on Friday, that the
suspects had been arrested by detectives attached to the General
Investigation Department of the command after a tip-off.
Also arrested
were two other men who were accused of buying the stolen goods from Suleiman.
The Bauchi police revealed that Suleiman and his partners set the houses ablaze
by soaking rags in petrol and throwing it into the windows of houses. Then
the 15-year-old boy, Suleiman, will pretend to help out in putting out the
fire, only to steal items from the houses in the process.
The police
stated that the suspects would be charged to court soon.
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