Cop Arrested For Allegedly Defiling 13-Year-Old Girl
The Rivers State Police Command said it has arrested and detained a police officer simply identified as Emmanuel after he allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl in his office at the Bori Area Command in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He was said to have been detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the State Police Command on the orders of the Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu.
The victim’s aunty who gave her name as Love, while narrating the incident on Saturday, said she sent the girl on an errand last Friday but was surprised that the girl did not return home that day, hence she started looking for her.
According to her, the girl came back the next morning, Saturday, January 13, 2024, and when she interrogated her, the girl narrated how the police officer held her that evening and defiled her in his office at the Bori Area Command till dawn.
She stated, “When she came back around 8 am the following day, I asked her where she was coming from and where she slept last night.
“She told me that one police officer with two stars at the Area Command held her in his office at the Area Command, Bori, and raped her till daybreak.
“That he (officer) threatened to shoot her if she shouted. So because of that, she kept quiet. So when she came back I checked her as a mother and saw that somebody had touched her.”
She noted that she reported the matter immediately at the Bori Police Division, adding that the girl identified the errant cop before she was taken to the hospital by the Investigating Police Officer at the police division where the incident was reported.
She added, “They now took her to their (police) hospital. The doctor on duty confirmed that there was penetration.”
She confirmed that Emmanuel’s colleagues took him to the SCID in Port Harcourt where he is being detained, even as she demanded justice for the teenager.
“All I want is for this matter to be properly investigated because he (the policeman) is still denying it. So I want justice to be served,” the girl’s distraught aunt said.
The spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident on Saturday, saying that the investigation is still ongoing on the matter.
She stated, “The police officer denied that nothing of such happened, But Yes, I can confirm that he has been arrested and in custody. Investigation is ongoing to unravel whatt really happened and the appropriate disciplinary measures will be taken if he is found culpable.”
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