A 35-year-old man identified only as “Yellow” has been taken into custody by the authorities in Ibere, Abia State, on charges of raping a 5-year-old girl in a room.
After being discovered in the act and badly battered by an irate audience, the suspect admitted to having sex with the small youngster. He said he used groundnuts to seduce the girl.
The enraged locals begged “Yellow” to pardon him, accusing him of being duped by the “Devil” and saying that the wet season had increased his motivation to carry out the horrible deed.
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He told the story of eating groundnuts while sitting with friends and then going inside the building to get something. He claimed that after he got inside, he saw the girl, gave her some groundnut seeds, and enticed her inside so he could attack her.
Moreover, the accused said that he made an effort to be kind to the youngster throughout the horrifying deed.
Meanwhile, information from Ibere suggests that the child’s relatives swiftly drove her to the hospital so she could receive medical assistance.
The 35-year-old alleged rapist was turned over to the local security services, who would then take him to the police for a comprehensive probe.
Nevertheless, the state police leadership had not acknowledged knowledge of the incident at the time this report was written. ASP Maureen Chinaka, the police public relations officer, did not reply to
This incident unfolded just four months after 37-year-old Chiemela Ekeke was sentenced to life in prison in Umuahia for raping a 4-year-old girl.
