Delta State Police command has arrested a fire service officer Okonjie Awulo (rtd) for allegedly raping his 12-year-old niece, name withheld, in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South local government area of the state.
It was reported that the randy Awulo was arrested by the Police on December 11, 2022 following a complain lodged by the girl’s father, Mr. Oyenka Chukwuka.
It was further learnt that the suspect offered the girl N500 to seal her mouth, but when she could no longer concealed what befell her, she ran away.
Narrating her ordeal, the victim’s grand mother, Mrs. Felicia Utulu, said the suspect forcefully lured the girl into his room and raped her to the extent that blood was pumping down her thigh.
Mrs. Utulu explained that she discovered that her grand daughter’s movement and behaviour had changed completely and she therefore subjected her to questioning before she opened up.
She ran to her father, and opened up to him on how she was sexually abused by the suspect who threatened to kill her if she ever tells anyone.
The grandmother said the girl’s father reported the matter to the Police at Ogwashi-Uku, but lamented that the suspect was granted bail after the father had collected N40,000 from him, despite her position that the suspect should be prosecuted.
But, the girl’s father, Oyenka Chukwuka, said he didn’t collect any money from the suspect, and that he was in Owerri, Imo State when the Police granted him bail.
He said the N40,000 paid by the suspect’s family was part of the money spent at the hospital where her daughter was treated, adding, “We still need more money to treat her”.
Mr. Chukwuka said he was surprised when her daughter said she was raped by her mother’s brother, “hearing it, I threatened to kill whoever was involved but was advised to report the matter to the Police”.
When Contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, said the case was not reported to the Police command.