The Police command in Yobe has arrested four suspects for alleged child rape, assault on a police officer, and unlawful possession of firearms.

Police spokesman, SP Dungus Abdulkari, confirmed this in a statement issued in Damaturu on Saturday.

He said operatives of Nguru Division arrested two suspects: Jarma Hussaini Adam, 25, and Mohammed Abdusalam, 16, both of Sabon Garin Kanuri, Nguru Local Government Area.

The suspects allegedly attacked Cpl. Amani Ali while on guard duty at the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, on Friday.

Abdulkarim said the officer was found unconscious and bleeding, with his rifle stolen, before a tactical operation led to recovery of the weapon, magazines, and knife jacket.

“The injured officer is recuperating, while the suspects remain in custody,” he added.

He described the incident as an affront to the Police Force, stressing that the command viewed such attacks as criminal acts and assaults on constituted authority.

In a separate case, Abdulkarim said personnel of Damaturu ‘A’ Division arrested a suspected armed herder, Ibrahim Alhaji Ahmadu, 24, of Dusuwa Village, on Sept. 22.

The suspect was arrested after a farmer reported that a herder trespassed on his farm and allegedly threatened him with a firearm.

Abdulkarim said a shotgun and live ammunition were recovered from the suspect.

Similarly, Potiskum Division operatives arrested Dahiru Ali, 19, of Hayin Kwari, for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl in the Mutawassada area of Potiskum.

“Investigations revealed that the suspect earlier defiled another three-year-old in the same neighbourhood. He confessed to the crime,” Abdulkarim stated.

Yobe Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ado, condemned the acts and reaffirmed the command’s zero-tolerance stance on criminality.

The commissioner urged parents and guardians to monitor their children and appealed to residents to support police efforts with timely and credible information.