Police Arrest Anambra Businessman For Allegedly Def!ling, !mpregnating 12-Year-Old Girl In Bayelsa
Police Arrest Anambra Businessman For Allegedly Defiling, Impregnating 12-Year-Old Girl In Bayelsa
The culprit, who is identified only as Emeka and a businessman from Anambra State, shuttles between Yenagoa and Anambra. He is married with four children.
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Special Police Squad, Door Akpor, have arrested a 40 years old man over allegations of defilement, threat to life and impregnating a 12 years old girl in Dimrose area of Ebis in Biogbolo community of Yenagoa.
The culprit, who is identified only as Emeka and a businessman from Anambra State, shuttles between Yenagoa and Anambra. He is married with four children.
According to the mother of the defiled girl, the victim was discovered to be seven months pregnant when she fainted due to strange ailments.
According to the worried mother, her daughter confessed that it was the stepmother’s daughter who took her to the man before she was violated.
She noted that she was a virgin and the man continuously had carnal knowledge of her with threats of death if she told anyone.
She claimed that the dastardly act was carried out during the time the victim was with her father and stepmother. She was raped by the suspect in her father’s house.
“When she fainted, I took her to a pharmacy and a pregnancy test and a scan were carried out, it was confirmed that she is pregnant. After telling the mother who was responsible, she later fainted at night screaming that she was being spiritually attacked.”
In a petition to the State Police Commissioner, the family said the incident has brought pain, trauma and embarrassment to the family.
They also sought for the immediate transfer of the case to the state Police Command as it is a case of defilement.
Speaking on the development, the Founder of the DO Foundation and President of the National Association of Women Against Genda Based Violence, Dr. Dise Ogbise Goddy Harry, confirmed that within days, the women group recorded three cases of sexual abuse on boys and girls and two cases of physical violence on women.
