A Police Officer serving in the Rivers State Police Command, simply identified as Emmanuel, has been arrested and detained for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in his office at Bori Area Command in Khana Local Government Area.
According to available information, the policeman has been identified as an Assistant Superintendent of Police.
Emmanuel was ordered detained at the Rivers State Police Command Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department by the Command’s Commissioner, CP Olatunji Disu.
The aunt of the 13-year-old girl, simply identified as Love, who spoke with newsmen, said she sent the girl on an errand on Friday, but she did not return home until the following day.
Love said the young girl told her that Emmanuel held her that evening and defiled her in his office at the Bori Area Command till dawn.
She said: “When she came back around 8am the following day, I asked her where she was coming from and where she slept last night.
“She told me that one police officer with two stars at the Area Command held her in his office at the Area Command, Bori and raped her till daybreak.
“That he (officer) threatened to shoot her if she shouted.
“So because of that, she kept quiet.
“So when she came back I checked her as a mother and saw that somebody had touched her.”
Love said she immediately reported the development to Bori Police Division, adding: “They now took her to their (police) hospital.
“The doctor on duty confirmed that there was penetration.”
She said Emmanuel’s colleagues took him to the SCID in Port Harcourt where he is being detained, adding: “All I want is for this matter to be properly investigated because he (the policeman) is still denying.
“So I want justice to be served.”
When contacted, the spokesperson of the Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said: “The police officer denied that nothing of such happened.
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“But yes, I can confirm that he has been arrested and in custody.
“Investigation is ongoing to unravel what really happened and the appropriate disciplinary measures will be taken if he is found culpable.”
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