The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly torturing his five-year-old son in the Gwalangan Mayaka suburb of Bauchi metropolis.

According to CSP Ahmed Wakil, the command’s spokesperson, a good Samaritan reported the incident to the Police after finding the boy unconscious and shackled.

A team of detectives led by CSP Mubarak S. Baba rescued the boy, who identified himself as Hussaini Abubakar and revealed that his father had treated him inhumanely and confined him without food for three days.

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The father was arrested for alleged child abuse and claimed he was trying to prevent the boy from stealing from their neighbour.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), appears to be leaving no stone unturned in the bid to forestall brewing mass protests against its operations.

This was gleaned in statement on its verified handle on X, signed by its Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale on Thursday.

According to Oyewale, the EFCC wishes to alert the general public on the plan by a shadowy group to instigate a “protest” against the Commission.

He added, “In the last couple of days, the group has been actively campaigning in the social media, recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students to take up “arms” against the EFCC.

“This insidious campaign is being promoted as resistance to the operational activities of the Commission especially in respect of the enforcement of the laws dealing with cybercrimes.

“The Commission, while not averse to protests by citizens, is alarmed by  emerging evidence that  suggest a grand design by corrupt elements under investigation or prosecution by the Commission to exploit the so-called protest to orchestrate a national uprising that may threaten the peace and security of our dear nation.

“As a responsible law enforcement organisation, the Commission will not tolerate any breakdown of law and order anywhere in the country especially around its office locations across Nigeria.

“EFCC, working in concert with sister security agencies, is therefore taking necessary measures to deal with possible threats to the peace and security of Nigeria.

“The Commission, however, appeals to parents, guardians and heads of tertiary institutions to take responsibility in ensuring that their wards are not recruited to be used as cannon fodder in a proxy war against the Commission by vested corrupt interests.

“The war being waged by the Commission against corruption and cybercrime is to protect the future of the youth of this country. That future is imperiled if Nigeria degenerates further in global reckoning as a den of fraudsters.”

A secondary school student in Adamawa State has been remanded in custody for allegedly raping a mentally ill woman on three occasions.

Idris Alex Emeka, a 20-year-old student of Capital Government Day Secondary School, appeared before Chief Magistrate Court 2 in Yola and pleaded guilty to the charge of rape.

The presiding judge, Magistrate Musa Alhaji Adamu, ordered Emeka’s remand following his admission of guilt.

According to the prosecution, Emeka was caught in the act with the woman on June 26, 2024.

The First Information Report presented in court detailed that the defendant had engaged in sexual intercourse with the woman on three separate occasions.

Inspector Galeon Nimrod, the prosecuting officer, recounted that Habu Jibrilla reported the incident to Karewa Police Station.

Jibrilla, a resident of the State Low-Cost Housing Estate in Jimeta, apprehended Emeka at approximately 6:40 a.m. while he was having sex with the woman on the street and promptly handed him over to the police.