A security guard attached to a church at Nkpor, near Onitsha, has been arrested by the police in suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl, has been arrested.
Confirming the arrest the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the command, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka, told journalists in Awka that the suspect and two others, now at large, allegedly committed the offence in a church compound in the community.
He said, the three suspects threatened the girl, who has since been taken to hospital for treatment, with a machete before raping her, pointing out that man hunt for the fleeing suspects continue.
The spokesperson assured that the police will do all within its power to arrest the suspects and charge them to court on completion of investigation