Bauchi Police Command apprehends father for attempting to sale own 5 year-old daughter

The suspect

By Usman Shehu, Bauchi

 A 49 year-old man Yusuf Umar has been apprehended by the Bauchi State Police Command for attempting to sale his five year old biological daughter.

The suspect who said he is a staff of Warji Local Government Area Council of Bauchi State and hails from Dagu of same local government, was arrested on the 26th May, 2024.

The State Police Commissioner Awwal Musa Mohammed while briefing journalists in his office on the incident, said: “The accused person took the infant (5-year-old) daughter from the estranged wife in Warji LGA under the pretense that he would take her to his sister in Bauchi town.”

He said: “Unknown to the mother he had already arranged to hand over the innocent child to unknown person, not knowing that he is a Police detective, where the defendant was arrested in a hotel in Bauchi after he bargained for N1,500,000 to give up his biological daughter. 

 The defendant, for show of keen interest in the deal sent the sum of forty thousand naira for transportation fees to the person who linked him up with the buyer.”

 The Bauchi State Police boss immediately directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charged of Criminal Intelligent Department (CID) to discreetly investigate the crux of the matter to unravel more motives behind the defendants actions, after which he will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation for the established offence.