Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old man identified as Uchenna Mbahotu, for allegedly defiling two sisters.
The victims, aged 11 and nine of the same parents were allegedly raped by the suspect, who was their next door neighbour at Nkwor Orji in Owerri North LGA of the state.
The spokesman of the police in the state, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, said that the suspect was arrested based on a report by one of the victims’ relatives.
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He said the complainant stated that the suspect took advantage of the fact that they allow the kids get close to him as next-door neighbours to perpetrate the evil act.
Ikeokwu, however, said medical examination conducted on both children, revealed that it was only the nine-year-old victim that was defiled.
The police spokesman added that the investigation on the case “is at an advanced stage and the suspect will be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation”.
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