Police arrest two suspects over deaths of children in Bauchi

Police in Bauchi State arrested two suspects following the deaths of two children in separate incidents in Alkaleri and Ganjuwa. A boy died on October 24, eight days after falling ill from a drink allegedly given to him by his 23-year-old stepmother, Fatima Ibrahim. The body of a five-year-old girl who went missing on October 23 was found the next morning in a water pit in Badaromo, and 19-year-old Sadiku Musa was arrested in connection with her death. Both cases have been transferred to Bauchi’s State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.