A 27-year-old apprentice dry cleaner has reportedly defiled a 10-year-old girl in Otukpo town of Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.
Daily Trust reports that the suspect, one Inalegwu Ochekwu, was said to have taken advantage of the child who went to his shop in search of her sister.
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The victim in an audio recording made available to our correspondent by an activist, Julie Okoh, was sent to look for her sister who had earlier taken her to the suspect’s shop said to be an apprentice dry cleaner.
“When I went to their shop, to find out whether he saw my sister, the man said, no; but as I was going back, the man grabbed me.
“As I was shouting asking of what was happening, he carried a cloth to cover my mouth and I struggled with him, he pressed me down, tore my cloth and forced himself on me and my body was stained with blood,” she narrated.
On her part, the social activist, Okoh who reported the case at Otukpo Divisional Police commended the Divisional Police Officer, Supol Bawa who she said exhibited zero tolerance for rape cases.
Meanwhile, the Police Command, Spokesperson, DSP Catherine Anene said she was yet to be briefed on the matter.
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