A forty-eight year old man has been arrested and paraded for allegedly defiling his 3 daughters in Anambra state.
Thomas Igbo
from Ikolo, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State was paraded by the
Anambra State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
for alleged child defilement.
Mr Igbo, who
lives in Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra state, with his
wife and four kids, is accused of sexually abusing his three female children
aged 8 years, 4 years and 18 months.
The suspect
allegedly confessed to sexually abusing his eldest daughter but denied
molesting the remaining two, although his 4-year-old daughter allegedly
confirmed the molestation to Child Protection Network, the human rights group
that facilitated the arrest.
A medical
report from the Ntasi Centre, General Hospital Enugwu-Ukwu also confirmed that
the three children have been molested multiple times.
The suspect
insisted he only had intercourse once with his eight-year-old daughter and
blamed his action on alcohol.
The State
Commandant, NSCDC, Mr David Billie said the investigation is ongoing and the
suspect will be charged to Court immediately the Judiciary Staff Union of
Nigeria (JUSUN) ends its strike and the court resumes full activities.
Narrating how
the abuse was discovered, Mrs Okwuchukwu Chukwuenyem, the Spokesperson for
Child Protection Network, said the case was brought to their notice after a
neighbour noticed the behaviour of the man.
According to
her, the man was in the habit of taking the children separately on daily basis,
mostly between 9pm and 10:30pm but what made the neighbor suspicious was when
he was allegedly heard asking the children in Pidgin English, "e
sweet" to the neighbour's hearing.
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