Police arrest Bauchi woman for kidnapping newborn, killing two girls.

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one Esther Gambo for the alleged theft of a child and murder.

According to a press release issued on Thursday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, 19-year-old Esther from Lemoro Village in Toro Local Government Area, Bauchi State, reportedly enticed two seven-year-old girls, Khadija Sama’ila and A’isha Dahiru, from Unguwan Sarkin Yaki Village.

He explained that upon receipt of the report, a team of police officers, collaborating with local vigilante groups, promptly responded.

The PPRO noted that in the aftermath of the incident, public unrest ensued, predominantly among the local Muslim youth, resulting in violent protests, including the arson of churches and attempts to set fire to the Tulu Divisional Police Headquarters.