Two brothers who are said to be twins have been arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government, Anambra.
This was disclosed to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday January 30, by Mrs. Rachel Yohanna, the Executive Director of Davina Care Foundation.
Yohanna said the case was brought to the foundation by the mother of the victim, Mrs. Benedict Sunday, who is also a nurse. It was further reported at Abagana Police Station on January 16, which led to the arrest of the suspects and their mother.
According to her, the suspects, Chukwuemeka and Chukwuebuka Okpe are children of the caretaker of the house where the victim lived and had been continually harassed for her refusal to be defiled a second time.
She said, “She (the victim) was taken to Ntasi Centre for Sexual Assault cases at Enugu-Ukwu General Hospital, where it was confirmed that she was defiled which caused perennial tears (the area between the vagina and the anus)
“She was later accompanied by a police officer and an aunt to the suspects to the police clinic for a second test when the mother of the suspects claimed the medical result from Ntasi centre was forged, but the result still came out positive.
“The victim’s mother said her daughter complained of pains in her private part and stomach sometime in November 2021, without telling her the caretaker’s sons defiled her.
“As a nurse, she bought drugs and used a hot towel to massage her daughter’s vagina area.
“On January 16, she said she got back from work and met a vigilante group with her daughter waiting. The group said they brought back her daughter after she ran to them for safety.
“She explained the twin boys tried to defile her daughter a second time and because she refused, they beat her. When the girl reported to their mother (caretaker), she slapped her and threatened to deal with her if she did not keep quiet.
“The girl ran to the vigilante group for safety. And her mother reported the matter to the police station in Abagana afterwards.”
DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, the state Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident, said the Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, had given his assurance that justice would be served after investigations.
He said, “Two suspects are already in custody in a reported case of defilement at Abagana police divisional headquarters and the case has been transferred to State Criminal investigation department, Awka for a discreet investigation.”
