The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man, Danladi Wari, for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl.
According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Nguroje, the man blamed the act on the minor.
The suspect, while confessing his act to the police, said the girl got him into having carnal knowledge of her by touching him seductively.
The man was arrested from his residence in Gangaraso in Jada Local Government Area of the state on the 23rd May, 2023.
Nguroje said the suspect was apprehended following a complaint to the police by the girl’s family members.
The police, on Sunday, said the man had insisted that the little girl followed him into his room and seduced him into sleeping with her.
Ngujore said the man had claimed that the girl demanded N200 from him which he did not give her, but sewed for free some clothes she had brought to him.
He assured that the man would be prosecuted according to the dictates of the law.
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Meanwhile, the Police Command in Imo State says it has activated the mechanism and heightened efforts to rescue abducted Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara, kidnapped along Ejemekwuru /Izombe Road by unknown gunmen.
Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara was abducted on Friday by unknown persons after performing funeral rites for the father of one of his colleagues in Izombe community, Oguta LGA.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, who reacted to the abduction of the cleric to newsmen on Sunday in Owerri, promised that the command would do its best to rescue the priest.
Okoye said the command was on the trail of the abductors, adding that the aim was to release the priest unhurt and to reunite him with the diocese as soon as possible.
His words, “The Operatives of the Command’s Tactical team have been marshalled out for possible rescue of the kidnapped Priest and apprehension of his abductors right from the day he was kidnapped.
“They are currently on undercover operations. We do not need to always announce to these criminals that we are coming after them, it makes it difficult for us to get to them at times. Criminals listen and react to the news too.
“Members of the public should be patient while we investigate and take adequate necessary actions in this case please.”