A 30-year old man, Mr. Inya-Okoro from Afikpo
North LGA of Ebonyi State has been arrested by police
for defiling a 2-year-old girl named Favour, Sunnewsonline reports The suspect was alleged to have committed the shameful act when the
victim returned from school and was sleeping at the corridor of the
house when the suspect, who also lives in the same compound allegedly
pounced on her and committed the crime.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr. Chris Anyanwu an
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who confirmed the incident
said the suspect was arrested on July 14, 2014 at the scene of the crime
when the members of the family alerted the police. Continue...
He said that the girl had been taken to hospital for medical
examination and treatment while the suspect would be charged to court
for prosecution, lamenting high rate of rape and defilement in the
state.
According to Anyanwu,
“On Monday 14th July, 2014, one Ama
Inya-Okoro, 30-year old man from Ubeyi development centre in Unwana, in
Afikpo Council area, was arrested for defiling little girl, Favour. The
girl has been taken to hospital for treatment by his father Mr. Ude,
Ebeke. The suspect confessed to the crime and will be charged to court
for prosecution.“This is another disturbing trend, the issue of rape, defilement and sex related offences.
I don’t know why we have regular occurrence in the state. The people
should not leave their children especially, female ones without close
watch. Just like in this case, the girl was sleeping but nobody was
there with her when the suspect took the advantage and had access to
the girl. So, parents should be careful and monitor their girls and
ensure that they don’t send them on errand alone to avoid such cases of
rape. I urge the people to always ensure that they raise alarm whenever
they see such act and report it to the nearest police station” he said.
In an interview with Crime Watch, Ama Inya-Okoro admitted to have committed the crime but blamed it on evil urge for sex.
According to him,“What happened was that I went to look for job as
laborer on the fateful day but could not get any job and I returned
home.
As I was washing my cloth I saw the girl laying down sleeping
wearing only pant, I rushed and carried her and have sex with her. It
was ‘conji’ that caused it and I don’t have money to go for mature
girls.”
The father of the girl Mr. Ude Ebeke that he was at the church when
the incident happened.
A neighour called to inform me home and I rushed
home to found my two years old girl was defiled by a nieghour, Ama
Okoro.“On Monday July14, 2014, I was in the church when a woman came and
called me and told me to go home, I quickly rushed to my house, I didn’t
see anybody, I ran to our village square and saw group of people there
gathered.
It was there I saw my daughter and one of the leaders of age
grade who first arrested the man and brought him to the village square.“It was there that I was told that one Ama Inya Okoro raped and
defiled by two year-old girl. So, I wanted to call police but they told
me that they had already contacted police and as I was there police came
and took all of us including the suspect to the police station where I
made a statement.
The mother traveled that day and the girl went to
school before I left home. My sister will tell more on what happened
because I was in the church,” he said.The person who was with the girl when the incident happened, Miss
Stella Egwu said that she was cooking in the kitchen while the victim
was sleeping at the corridor when a woman alerted her.“I was in my place cooking when the little girl came back from school
and after some time she went and slept at the corridor. As I was
cooking in the kitchen I heard voice calling us to come and see the man
that was raping the little girl, I came out and saw the man standing
with the girl, sperm in her private.
As we were talking people gathered
and took the suspect to the village square where they called police” she
explained.
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