Three men have been arrested by the police over the alleged gang raping of a 14-year old girl, Ujunwa Nwolisa in Nkpor, Idemmili North local government area, Anambra state on Saturday.
According to reports, Nwolisa had gone to fetch firewood in company of two other under aged boys at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in the town before she was accosted by the three men who were security guards of the church and reportedly raped at machete point.
The gang rape incident was confirmed by the Anambra Police Command saying a a suspect has already being arrested while efforts are on to arrest other gang members of the security men who raped the girl.
The Nation reports:
Police spokesman, PPRO Emeka Chukwuemeka , a CSP said investigations are ongoing and once investigations are concluded the suspects would be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.The Divisional Police Officer, DPO in charge of Ogidi Division, Mr Abubakar Isa also confirmed the incident and that one of the suspects was arrested by the local vigilance group in charge of Isingwu road, where Nwolisa family resides and handed over to the Ogidi police station.The girl amidst sobs narrated her ordeal to newsmen saying they were gathering firewood and picking cashew fruits that fell on the ground inside the church compound when three security operatives of the church emerged from nowhere and accused them of plucking the fruits. They denied the allegation insisting that that they only took the ones that fell from the tree.
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