2 men accused of raping teenage boys

Gombe State Police Command says it has
arrested two persons suspected of
homosexuality and another for rape.
Police Public Relations Officer of the
Command, Mr. Fwaje Atajiri, made this known
yesterday in Gombe.
Atajiri said that a 25-year-old suspected
homosexual of Dubai by-pass Gombe had, on
September 15, lured a seven-year-old boy to an uncompleted building, threatened him with a knife and raped him.
According to him, an old man notified the
police after querying the boy, whom he met
walking in pains after the rape.
The police spokesman said the suspect was
immediately arrested and after interrogation
allegedly confessed to have committed the
offence.
Also, Atajiri said another suspect, who
resides at Riyal quarters, Gombe, was arrested at a building site in Cham village of Balanga Local Government after raping a 12-year-old boy.
He said that the police had also apprehended
another person, who goes by the alias Popo,
for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl.
He said the cries of the baby alerted her
mother, who rushed to the scene and caught the suspect red-handed.
Atajiri said when Popo of Sarkin Yaki
quarters, Kumo, in Akko Local Government tried to escape, neighbours helped to arrest and lock him up in a room until the police
arrived.
The police spokesman also disclosed that three robbery suspects were arrested by residents in Bambam town of Balanga Local Government, after attempting to rob one Alhaji Hamma Cham.
Atajiri said all the suspects would be
arraigned in court as soon as investigations
were concluded.