A 51-year-old indigene of Isuofia in Aguata Native Executive Department of Anambra Condition, Unegbu Chika, has been arrested for defiling his 14-year-old home backup.
The suspect was once apprehended via safety operatives on Saturday, then a whistleblower drew the eye of the surrounding Ministry of Girls Affairs and Social Welfare, to his observations about his acts.
Throughout cross-examination earlier than the protection operatives, the suspect, a transporter, who plies the Ekwulobia-Oko path, confessed to defiling the lady and pleaded for liniency, pronouncing that he was once “tempted by the devil”.
The suspect, resident at Isiaku in Isuofia however hails from Owerri, Imo Condition, additionally stated, “The act was due to the death of my wife and it’s a mistake which I regret deeply.”
In the meantime, the sufferer stated she began dwelling with the person in 2018 when she was once 8 years aged and in a while then, in 2019, he began defiling her.
She stated, “He generally have his means all through weekends and sleep classes, however he turned into extra at amusement with the business then the demise of his spouse.
“I did not raise the alarm because he always told me to keep it a secret, and ever since then, I have been keeping it that way till help came.”
Talking in an instant then interviewing the suspect, the Commissioner for Girls Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, thanked the Isuofia Population’s Meeting management for his or her instructed reaction in apprehending the suspect earlier than the coming of safety operatives.
Obinabo stated defilement and rape crimes weren’t tolerated within the surrounding, urging the electorate of the surrounding to be looking for any suspicious business, motion or another way and report back to the best authority.
She confident the folk that the surrounding govt would now not hesitate to do so at the topic.
As of the moment of this document, the suspect has been passed over to the police for additional investigation and because of this to be arraigned earlier than the Kids, Sexual and Gender Primarily based Violence Justice of the Peace Court docket in Awka day the sufferer will go through clinical exam.
When contacted, the surrounding police spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, showed the arrest of the suspect, pronouncing investigation had commenced including that the suspect can be charged to courtroom on the finish of the investigation.