A rape allegation has been laid against Tony Ukwamedua, a member of the anti-cult group in Issele-Azagba, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Ukwamedua was accused of defiling a 15-year-old girl (name withheld) in the area.
The victim had gone missing after setting out to search for her brothers who were running an errand around 9:00 pm.
She was reportedly found the next day around 1:00 am, soaked in her blood.
The victim, however, alleged that while searching for her brothers who did not return home on time, Ukwamedua, who she referred to as “Uncle Tony” offered to help her with the search.
The teenager said she obliged because she was familiar with the suspect and he was carrying a gun.
She said, “Instead of going up small, he drove straight to the brother’s guest house around the market. I told him, ‘Uncle this is not where you should bring me, allow me to go, my parents must be looking for me too’.
“Nobody was sighted around when he brought me inside the guest house and was asking me if I was a virgin. I told him yes. He said I should not worry that he wants to have sex with me, that he would use two condoms together to penetrate well.
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“I was crying and begging him to allow me go. He now turned my hands back and pushed me on the bed. He covered my mouth and forced me naked and started raping me.
“When he finished, I was bleeding and crying. He now brought water and asked me to wash up. He forced N5,000 into my hand and asked me not to tell anybody. When I managed to get home, I told my daddy what uncle Tony did”
The depressed father of the victim, Johnbest Okolie, said he immediately rushed to the suspect’s house, but he chased him with a gun.
Okolie, who claimed, Ukwamedua was not remorseful, said he (Okolie) was saved by his two sons who held the suspect down and collected the gun before he escaped.
Narrating his ordeal, he said, “I took the gun to our palace and handed it over to the Obi of Issele-Azagba. Early that morning, not knowing what to do, I was directed to take my daughter to a private clinic for treatment.
“She was given an injection, drip and some drugs. But throughout that day and the next morning, she was still bleeding before somebody directed me to bring her to this SARC unit in Asaba Specialist Hospital where government handles cases of sexual assault.
“I thank God that we came here, since morning it has been one medical examination and the other. We received the best of cooperation. The Child’s Rights Committee people assured me that the government will handle everything regarding her comprehensive tests and treatments.
“I want this animal in human nature to pay for what he did to my innocent daughter. I have nobody, I am just a poor farmer struggling to take care of my children. I need justice for this little child Tony has just destroyed her life.”
The incident was confirmed by the Chairman of Delta State Child’s Rights Implementation Committee, Kevwe Agas, who added that proper medical, legal and security documentation would be made to prosecute the case.
She affirmed that justice must definitely be served to serve as a deterrent to irresponsible men who prey on the vulnerability of the Girl Child to defile or rape her.