Three rape suspects has been reportedly arrested and handed over to the Nigerian Police in Awka Anambra state.
The operation took place when National Agency Fore Prohibition of Trafficking in Person officials alongside Anambra Vigilante Group security operatives invaded Enekwesumpu Nkpor and arrested the said suspects.
The victim who was brought to the office of the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare was visibly in tears when narrating her ordeal.
The teenager who is from Ohaozara in Ebonyi State explained that she was raped by four boys namely Sunday, Emelie, Chiedu and Nwa awọ but unfortunately Nwa awọ escaped when security operatives invaded the neighborhood.According to her, the said suspects were co- tenants with them but took her to Nkisi river to rape her after they had an altercation with her father.
She further stated that she was first slapped by the boys, then dragged to Nkisi before she was ordered to remove her clothes as the suspects took turns to have carnal knowledge of her.
Reacting to the ugly incidence, Hon. Ify. Obinabo lauded her boldness in speaking out after the incident and assured her that the culprits will be brought to book.
The Women and Social Welfare Commissioner went further to register her displeasure over the increasing rate of rape incidents in the state and warned that the Professor Chukwuma Soludo led administration will not condone such.
While interrogating the suspects, two amongst the suspects accepted to the said crime and pleaded that they be forgiven while one said he was only present when the incident happened but contrary to his claims, the victim insisted that he was the second person to have carnal knowledge of her. They also admitted that they decided to rape the girl due to the disagreement they had with the girl’s father.
The suspects have been handed over to the Police State CID Awka and they would be arraigned in court for prosecution.