A man identified simply as Mr Anointing, (not real name) has been apprehended by the Ebonyi state police command for defiling an 11-year girl from Ezza North Local Govenment Area of the state.
Narrating her experience, the primary 5 pupil when interviewed by the special Assistant to Ebonyi state Governor on Security and utility (Capital City) Saint Nchekube Anakor, she said the painter who shares the same compound with them (close to the Federal High Court), usually sends her out on errands and instructs her to bring it to his room
The eleven-year old went on to say that he has molested her on different occasion.
The girl said;
“He will always send me to buy something for him, and when I come back, he will tell me to bring it to his room.
“Each time l entered his room, he will be touching my breasts and be inserting his fingers into my vagina. I don’t like what he does to me and I don’t know how to tell my parents.”
Recounting how the abuser was apprehended, Mr Anakor, said he got a tip-off of the incident from one Tochukwu, and others from disco two at about 3:30 a.m on Wednesday August 5. Upon getting to the compound, he discovered that Mr Anointing had been caught red-handed in the act by his neighbors.
Anakor said;
“Thanks to Tochukwu Nwankwegu, and others from Disco 12. It was like a joke at exactly 3:30 a.m. last night.
“The little girl, aged 11 years, who lives near Federal High Court, Abakaliki, opened up on how one Mr Anointing, a painter who also lives in the same building normally took her to his room and sexually abused her.”
The suspect refused to say anything at the scene of the incident and was taken to Kprirkpiri Police Station in Abakaliki, where he was detained by the Police.