Police arrest couple over alleged r@pe and ass@ult of minor
The wife was said to have striped the teenager and inserted pepper into her private part after accusing her of having sexual intercourse with her husband.
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The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the arrest of a couple for allegedly r@ping and be@ting a 13-year-old girl in their residence in Port Harcourt.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Thursday,January 2.
The wife was said to have striped the teenager and inserted pepper into her private part after accusing her of having sexual intercourse with her husband.
The police spokeswoman stated that the suspects had been arrested and transferred to the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for investigation and possible prosecution.
Goodness, the mother of the teenager, whose full name was withheld to avoid stigmatisation, recounted the incident to Newsmen.
A resident of Rupokwu town in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Goodness revealed that the assault on her daughter occurred on the evening of Dec. 29, 2024.
She explained that when she was alerted by neighbours about the attack on her daughter by a neighbour, she immediately closed her shop and rushed home.
“Before I got home, neighbours had already rescued my daughter from the wife’s assault. My daughter was still writhing in pain from the beating and the pepper applied to her body and private area,” she said.
Goodness said that after her daughter felt relieved, she revealed that on Dec. 25, 2024, a female neighbour, who is a friend to the wife, took her to the house.
She said that on that fateful day, the man sent his wife and her friend on an errand, leaving the teenager alone with him in the house.
The distraught mother reported that after the two women had left the apartment, the man attacked her daughter and allegedly r@pe her multiple times, threatening her to remain silent.
“After he r@ped her, he told my daughter to leave his house. My daughter returned home afterwards but did not report what had , probably due to the threat from the man” she said
Goodnews further stated that on Dec. 29, 2024, the wife visited her shop and asked the teenager to follow her to her apartment and assist her with house chores.
“It was on getting there that she accused my daughter of sleeping with her husband, stripped her n@ked, poured pepper on her and inserted same in her vagina.
She then dragged my daughter outside and flogged her mercilessly with a machete, while neighbours recorded the attack,” she said.
The teary mother demanded justice for her traumatised daughter.
