Men
of the Police force attached to the Nyanya Police Division on Friday
afternoon arrested an 11-year-old boy (name withheld) for allegedly
trying to set ablaze the Area B/C Mosque, near Customs Quarters in
Nyanya, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
According
to the Imam of the mosque, Zubairu Mohammed, the boy had earlier set
fire to one of the Mosque’s Qur’anic classrooms without knowing that a
security man was sleeping inside and had noticed the fire.
He
added that after the security man had put off the fire, he sighted the
boy holding a gallon of fuel as well as a box of matches near the main
mosque and apprehended him.
In
his words, “The incident happened during the time of Juma’at Prayers
(1:30 pm) and it was my security who first alerted me before I rushed
down to see the boy with a gallon and box of matches.”
Zubairu
further stated that he ordered the boy to be kept in the mosque’s
security’s custody while he went for the Jumat service.
The
clergyman added that the incident was reported to a senior Imam who
sent for the police, and in turn took the boy to their station.
The Imam praised the divisional police officer for his effort in calming the situation and beginning the investigation.
At
the Nyanya Police Station, the divisional police officer was not on
seat but one Sergeant O. Ibrahim, said that the boy confessed that his
accomplice, a student of one of the secondary schools in Nyanya, escaped
when he was caught.
“The
boy is with the juvenile section of the station and we are
investigating the matter because it is very serious,” the police officer
said.
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