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Police in Anambra State have arrested a man identified as a Pastor and Lecturer with Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, for allegedly defiling a 12 years old girl (name withheld).
Though Anambra State Police command was yet to reveal the name of the suspect, a source told THISDAY that the suspect is one Mr. Onyekwelu.
The pastor it was gathered was less than a week entrusted with the 12 years old girl as a house help, to help him out with house chores as his family was based in Abuja, but he turned her into a sex slave from the very first day of accepting her.
Our source said: “Nobody knew what was happening until on Wednesday night, when the girl jumped down from the two storey building they reside in, to escape rape, after the man came to her to make advances.
“She is currently in the hospital receiving treatment as she fractured her leg, after jumping down from the height.
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“We are calling for justice for the little girl, as she has been able to speak to some neighbours from her hospital bed, saying that from the very day she came to the man’s house, he started sleeping with her.
“The girl said on Wednesday that after taking care of the house chores, she was about to go to bed when the man came again. She excused herself that she wanted to ease herself, and while the man was making phone call, she used the toilet window to jump down.”
Meanwhile, the Spokesperson of Anambra State Police Command, DSP. Toochukwu Ikenga, who did not disclose the identity of the suspect, said the suspect was currently making statement at the time he was contacted, assuring that he would send the full detail of the incident to journalists once it was ready.
“The suspect is in custody and investigation has begun please,” he added.
A Facebook user, Mrs Ify Unachukwu, who shared the incident on her page, wrote, “A 12-year-old house help jumped down the window of a storey building to escape rape by her ‘Oga’.
“She sustained a fracture on her leg bone (tibia). Now, she has been moved from Climax Specialist Hospital, Awka, to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku. She is presently in a critical condition, after escaping.”