Police arrest 42-year-old oil worker for allegedly defiling 13-year-old maid

A 42-year-old man, simply named Kolawole, has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old female house made at Eneka community in the Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State.

Spokesperson of the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe Koko, confirmed the development to journalists that the suspect is an oil worker, married with 3 children, adding that was being detained with investigation ongoing.

Our Correspondent learnt that the suspect was arrested by the Human Rights Desk of the Rivers State Police Command headquarters, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, following a complaint by concerned neighbours whom the teenage girl ran to after her alleged defilement by the suspect.

Some of the women in the neighbourhood were said to have examined the private part of the teenage girl to ascertain the veracity of her claim and were shocked to observe the level of damage done to the minor’s female organ.

Sources said some of the neighbours, based on the strength of their findings, quickly alerted the Police on the incident. We also reliably gathered that the result of the medical examination conducted on the teenage girl showed that her private part was penetrated.

In a related development, on Tuesday, October 17, the  Rivers State Police command confirmed the rearrest of a 22-year-old, Raymond Isiodu, from Obagi Community in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl.

The Command Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed this in a press statement, said the suspect was rearrested in the early hours of Tuesday, October 17.

“Following a serious manhunt launched for the suspect by the DPO and his operatives, the suspect was arrested early morning, 17th October 2023, and will be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department(SCIID), Port Harcourt, for further investigation.”

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