An ex-convict has raped a 15-year-old
orphan, Miss Joy of Ufukwoke
Amanato in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State to coma.
The suspect, who hails from Udueze Umudoni
in Igboeze Onicha in the same area had been involved in various heinous crimes
that led to his conviction in the past. Last week, he allegedly raped the girl
until she became unconscious and consequently impregnated her.
It was gathered that the suspect, who allegedly
attacked the girl with a cutlass while on her way back from a Christian wake
keep at about 5a.m, was on a revenge mission because according to him
(suspect), Joy’s brother fought with him sometime ago.
The victim was said to have been dragged
into an uncompleted school building in the area, where she was raped until she
fainted before passers-by found her and took her to hospital.
A petition to the Family Law Centre in
Abakaliki, the Mother and Care Initiative (MCI), a pet project of the wife of
the state governor, Mrs. Elechi, stated that the victim, after the rape, became
unconscious following the brutality she suffered in the hands of the rapist.
The Chairman of MCI, Revd Philip Chukwu
stated in a petition that Joy, an orphan, and a sales girl, was in a critical
condition and receiving treatment at the General Hospital, Onicha with no one
to take care of her siblings.
According to the petitioner, “Joy,
initially was unable to talk but due to medical attention, she is gradually
gaining her strength and can now walk. The man in question (rapist) is a
hardened criminal; he had committed different kinds of criminal activities
including raping so many other girls in the past to the extent that he had gone
to jail.”
He noted that laboratory analysis obtained
from St. Luke’s Specialist Medical Laboratories, where pregnancy and HIV tests
were conducted on the victim, revealed that she was pregnant from the rape but
free of HIV.
The chairman of MCI appealed to the Family
Law Centre to come to the aid of the girl and to stop future occurrence of such
incidents and ensure the arrest and prosecution of suspected rapists.
Sequel to the petition, the chairman of
Family Law Centre, Mrs. Elizabeth Nwali wrote to the police, urging them to
arrest and prosecute the suspect, who had been on the run since he committed
the crime.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)
in the state, Mr. Sylvester Igbo a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), when
contacted, said he was not aware of the case but promised to inquire from the
officers in charge.
Culled from The Sun
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