Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri

Policemen attached to the Imo State Command of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad has arrested a 60-year-old man, Onyekwere Umunna, for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl (name withheld).

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, in a statement on Wednesday said that the suspect had confessed to the crime.

The statement said that the suspect was arrested by the operatives of the SARS in Akokwa in the Ideato North Local Government Area of the state

The suspect, the statement said hails from Achara in the Obowo LGA of the state while the girl he defiled is a native of Ndiakaemeuno Arondizuogu in the Ideato North LGA.

The police spokesperson said that the suspect would be prosecuted at the conclusion of the investigation.

The statement read, “On August 6, 2019, at about 5:45pm, operatives of the Special Anti -Robbery Squad, Akokwa annex, while responding to a distress call arrested one Onyekwere Umunna, a 60-year-old man, of Achara, in Obowo LGA, who was alleged to have defiled one Sopuruchi Emenugha, a 7-year-old girl, of Ndiakaemeuno Arondizuogu in Ideato North LGA.

“The suspect has however confessed to the crime, while the victim has been taken hospital for medical examination and treatment.”

Our correspondent gathered that the suspect had been transferred to the command headquarters in Owerri for the continuation of the investigation and possible prosecution.

News Source: https://www.iszzyblog.com/2019/08/60-year-old-man-arrested-for-allegedly.html