A 45-year-old man, identified as Udohika, is currently under investigation by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) in Port Harcourt for allegedly sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl on Gada Street, Ogbu-nabali, Port Harcourt.
According to reliable sources, Udohika, an electronic technician, shares a store with another person on the street and allegedly lures the young girl into his store whenever his business partner is away. The investigation is ongoing to uncover the details of the alleged crime.
It was learnt that the father of the little girl became aware of her predicament when she started complaining of pains in her vagina as he was bathing her.
Upon interrogation,the little girl demonstrated that her brother(Udohika) allegedly used to touch and rob her vagina in his store when nobody is around.The child also took her father to identify the shop which is located at the front of their compound.
It was futher learnt that the father of the girl who lost his wife during the birth of the two year old child,made a formal complainant at Old GRA Police Division and peraonnel of the Division effected the arrest of the suspect last week Friday.
Speaking on the incident, a rights advocate and National Coordinator of Centre for Basic Rights Protection And Accountability Campaign,Prince Wiro said “the Police should carry out a thorough and unbiased investigation to ascertain the veracity of the claims made by the father of the child as information available suggest the suspect denied the allegation against him.
“If the suspect is found culpable in course of investigation,he should be made to face the law”.
The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command,SP Grace Iringe Koko confirmed the arrest of the suspect.
SP Koko said the suspect has been transferred to State CIID,PortHarcourt for discreet investigation .
Man Under Investigation In Rivers For Alleged Sexual Assault On Toddler is first published on The Whistler Newspaper