In Ibere, Abia State, a 35-year-old man known as “Yellow” was taken into custody for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl inside a room.
The man admitted to having sex with the helpless child after being viciously attacked by a vengeful crowd that had caught him in the act. He claimed to have enticed the girl with groundnuts.
“Yellow,” who pleaded with the infuriated villagers for pardon, asserted that the “Devil” had tricked him into carrying out this horrible deed and that the rain’s chilling effect had increased his cravings.
The suspect claims that when he later went into the building to get something, he was eating groundnuts with some pals.
He claimed that when he first saw the girl inside the building, he offered her some groundnut seeds. She then allegedly followed him inside, where he attacked her.
The suspect went on to say that throughout this heinous conduct, he made every effort to treat the youngster gently.
Nonetheless, an Ibere source claimed that the abused child’s relatives had taken her to the hospital right away so that she might receive emergency care.
The source added that the 35-year-old rapist was turned over to neighborhood security guards before being sent to the police, who will carry out a comprehensive investigation.
Since ASP Maureen Chinaka, the state’s police public relations officer, did not reply to mails pertaining to the event, the state’s police command had not verified knowledge of it as of the time of this report.
The event happened just four months after Chiemela Ekeke, 37, was found guilty of raping a 4-year-old girl and given a life term in Umuahia jail.