A 75-year-old man Nwankwo Nweke, has allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl in Isi Agu community located in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, attributing his illegal action to a temptation.
Penpushing reports that Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, a media aide to the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare in Anambra State, Ify Obinabo made the disclosure on Wednesday in a statement, that the suspect who is a barber, was later arrested in Awka, the state capital.
The Media aide in the statement was, however, silence over on when the incident happened as well as when the suspect was arrested, while as at the time of filing this report it was still unclear on the security agency that arrested the suspect.
Penpushing further reports that Ikeanyionwu in the statement added that the parents of the survivor, John and Ogochukwu Ugwuanyi, narrated how the incident happened, that they sent the girl to buy an item at a nearby shop around 7 p.m. on the fateful day, but she did not return home, prompting them to search for her.
The Media aide to the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare in the narration of the parents said when the girl could not be found, the family raised an alarm, and thereafter it was discovered that the aged suspect, who was their neighbour, had taken their daughter into his house and told her not to answer her name.
Penpushing also reports that Ikeanyionwu said the parents alleged that the suspect pushed the survivor out of his room when he felt the search was over, adding that the parents knew what transpired between their daughter and the suspect when their daughter finally came back that night.
The statement explained that the parents questioned the innocent girl who told them that the suspect lured her to his house with a promise to give her mango, stressing that it was at that point that they involved security operatives before taking their child to the hospital for examination.
Penpushing reports that the Commissioner in reaction to the ugly development expressed sadness over the incident, however, assured the survivor and her parents of justice and warned that anyone caught in such an act would be prosecuted.
The suspect was heard confessing that he raped the survivor in a video clip uploaded on Facebook alongside the statement, and while speaking in Igbo language appealed for mercy, stressing that it was temptation that pushed him committing the crime
Meanwhile, the embattled 75-year-old alleged rapist in the video posted on facebook appealed for mercy and promised not to commit such a crime again if the state government pardoned him as a first offender.
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