A four-year-old girl (name withheld) has been raped by a 37-year-old man, Chiemela Victor Ekeke, at Eze Ogbulafor Street in Umuahia, Abia State.
NIGERIACRIME gathered that the suspect claimed to be from Ndioru in Ikwuano Local Government Area of the state.
The suspect allegedly sneaked into the house of the girl’s parents to defile her after the survivor’s mother had gone out to buy some items.
According to a source, Ekeke raped and inflicted injuries on the girl’s private part after he had dragged her into one room in the building.
The suspects ran out of luck when the mother of the victim returned home to meet her daughter in pain, with drops of blood observed inside the room. The terrified mother raised an alarm, which attracted neighbours to the scene.
The alleged rapist was identified by a neighbour who saw him when he entered the house.
During interrogation by the crowd, the suspect denied defiling the little girl but claimed that “I only carried her in my laps and touched her in the genitals.”
He further claimed that he came to repay the N3,000 debt he owed someone in the yard.
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Ekeke, who blamed the devil for his evil act, was later handed over to the Police for investigation and prosecution.
Public Relations Officer of the Abia State Police Command, Chioma Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident, adding that the command is currently investigating it.
In another development, six people were killed in a road accident involving multiple vehicles on Tuesday along the 9th Mile-Ugwu Onyeama road in Enugu.
The accident, which involved a petroleum tanker, a Jeep, a GUO Hiace bus, and a truck with a heavy load, had many casualties.
Some of the survivors were taken to Our Saviour Medical Centre, 9th Mile, Enugu, the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, and the Enugu State University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Parklane, for treatment.
Speaking after visiting the scene and the hospitals, Enugu State Deputy Governor Ifeanyi Ossai said the remote cause of the accident was yet to be ascertained, as the government was waiting for a report from the institutions responsible to inform them of what happened.
“Unfortunately, we lost some lives while a couple of our citizens were injured. We have visited the scene of the accident and various hospitals where the survivors were hospitalised, and we are grateful to the doctors for their prompt interventions. We are also grateful to the security agencies that came for immediate rescue,” he said.