{
  "id": 18545895,
  "title": "Police arrest five for defiling minors in Bauchi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/police-arrest-five-for-defiling-minors-in-bauchi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T18:50:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/police-arrest-five-for-defiling-minors-in-bauchi/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with separate allegations of rape, defilement, and sodomy involving minors aged between four and 17. According to a statement issued Friday by Police Public Relations Officer SP Nafiu Habib, the arrests followed reports from parents and community members in Yana, Tudun Gambo, Misau, Gadau, and Gumau.\n\nDaily Post Nigeria reports that 44-year-old Shawilu Liman was arrested after a father reported on November 2 that his eight-year-old daughter had been sexually assaulted at Disina Village in Yana Local Government Area. In a separate incident, 18-year-old Zakariya Auwal was arrested for the alleged defilement of a four-year-old girl at Tudun Gambo in Alkaleri Local Government Area.\n\nThe same outlet reports that 19-year-old Idris Sani was arrested after a six-year-old girl was allegedly lured to a farm and sexually assaulted at Gwaram Village in Misau Local Government Area on November 4. Punch Nigeria also confirmed the arrests of the five suspects regarding the various sexual offences against children across the state.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Police arrest five suspects over alleged abuse of minors in Bauchi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/police-arrest-five-suspects-over-alleged-abuse-of-minors-in-bauchi",
        "published": "2026-11-06T17:33:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Border Police arrest Palestinian disguised as haredi Jew while attempting to enter Israel illegally",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/border-police-arrest-palestinian-disguised-as-haredi-jew-while",
        "published": "2026-11-06T19:18:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}