Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom arrested four suspects in the last 18 days over alleged defilement in the state.<\/p>\n
The command\u2019s Spokesman, CSP Nnudam Fredrick, said this in a statement in Uyo on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Fredrick said that the violations, which occurred between June 21 and July 5, were committed in Ikot Ekpene and Etim Ekpo Local Government Areas of the state.<\/p>\n
Fredrick said that relying on a credible intelligence on July 5 at about 8:30p.m., detectives attached to Ikot Ekpene Division apprehended a 34-year-old suspect at Ikot Ubo in Ikot Ekpene for allegedly raping her 15-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n
He said that on June 26 the operatives of Area Command in Etim Ekpo, arrested a man aged 36, who was residing on Primary School Road, for allegedly luring a 12-year-old girl with N500 to his room and raped her.<\/p>\n
The PPRO added that on June 25, operatives of Ikot Ekpene Division apprehended another male suspect, aged 34, who was residing on Okonnah Street, Ikot Ekpene, for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl.<\/p>\n
The PPRO said that investigation revealed that the suspect took the victim from her guardian to his home as a housemaid and severally defiled her before sending her back to her parents.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn June 21, following a complaint, detectives in Eket Division arrested a suspect, aged 30, of Atabong\/Liverpool Road, Eket, for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigation revealed that the suspect bought cooked cow skin (pomo) worth N200 from the 10-year-old girl and thereafter lured her to his house on the pretext that he left the money at home.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn reaching his house, he dragged the girl into his room and raped her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Fredrick said the fight against perpetrators of rape and other gender-based violence in Akwa Ibom was yielding result with the arrest of the suspects within a short period.<\/p>\n
He said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, had assured victims of rape and other gender-based violence of protection against stigmatisation and threats as encapsulated in all the extant laws.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt; sexual offenders, particularly rapists, should be guided by the provisions of Section 1(2) of the Akwa Ibom State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law, 2020, which stipulates a punishment of life imprisonment except where the offender is less than 16 years of age, the offender is liable to a maximum of 14 years\u2019 imprisonment,\u201d Fredrick said.<\/p>\n
The command spokesman said that all the suspects would be arraigned in court as soon as investigations were completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Africa Press-Nigeria: The Police Command in Akwa Ibom arrested four suspects in the last 18 days over alleged defilement in the state. The command\u2019s Spokesman, CSP Nnudam Fredrick, said this in a statement in Uyo on Thursday. Fredrick said that the violations, which occurred between June 21 and July 5, were committed in Ikot Ekpene […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":20519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[371],"class_list":["post-27127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-akwa-ibom"],"yoast_head":"\n