Two siblings known as Honest, who is 20 years of age and Okwukwe, were reportedly said to have gang raped a teenager.
The Egi Divisional Police Headquarters in Obite in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state, has apprehended one of brothers, while the other had been at large, according to a report by Vanguard.
The victim, it was gathered, that while walking on a lonely path, was reportedly abducted and was forcefully taken to their house.
Onuigba Chinonye, Second in Command of the ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee, OSPAC, Egi Command, reported that during a patrol, the team encountered a woman who was crying over her missing daughter.
Chinonye explained that the team promptly initiated an investigation in the community and discovered the two siblings assaulting the teenager.
He said: “I was on patrol with some of my boys when we met one woman crying that since on Sunday evening (last Sunday) that her 14-year-old girl has not been seen till that Monday afternoon.
“I asked the woman which area? She directed us. We quickly began investigations. Through some good neighbours, we tried to find out where the little girl was.
“When we went into the place, we saw two brothers, senior and junior raping the little girl of 14-year-old. On the process of trying to arrest them, the senior one started proving stubborn. In the junior one run away, but we apprehended the senior one and handed him over to Egi Police Division in Obite on the same Monday.
“My advice to other criminals that will want to behave this way, is that we will also send them to the same place we sent this person if they don’t want to change.
“If they change, the community will contain we and them. But if they don’t want to change this community and Egi entirely will not contain OSPAC and the criminals.”
When contacted, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the Public Relations Officer of Rivers State Police Command confirmed the incident.
Iringe-Koko disclosed that one of the suspects has been arrested while the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Olatunji Disu, has directed that the suspect as well as the case file be transferred to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Port Harcourt.
She further revealed that the CP also mandated the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Egi to ensure the arrest of the fleeing suspect, adding that all perpetrators of crime must face the consequence of their action.
(allnews.ng)
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