A former member of Special Anti Robbery Squad in Anambra State has been arrested over an alleged case of serial defilement.
The suspect, who is reportedly known as Ejima, was nabbed at Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of the State, by members of vigilante in the area and handed over to the Police.
The Nation reported that all five victims were under-aged children from four different parents and between the ages of five to eleven years, all from Ebonyi State.
One of the victims narrated her ordeal, saying that the suspect had invited them to his house to rest after fetching water for him and then began defiling them.
She said, “He later asked the oldest two among us to cook for him while he asked the youngest to sleep on the bed and the other on a mat.
“While we were busy with the assignments he gave us, we observed him defiling those who were sleeping. He even requested we join in the show.”
Father to two of the victims, who pleaded anonymity, said, “when I got back from church, my wife told me that the children she sent to fetch water at a nearby compound were yet to be back several hours later.
“We looked for them everywhere and had to involve local vigilante for a wider search.
“It was later in the evening that my children came back alongside other kids within the neighborhood. When I accosted them, they confessed they were defiled.”
The victims habe been taken to the hospital where they were examined and treatment at no cost, while the suspect is currently at the state CID from where he would be charged.
The Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon Ify Obinabo, reacting to the defilement, warned that anyone found guilty of any crime would not go unpunished.
She warned, “Once the law finds the suspect guilty of the crime leveled against him, he will not go unpunished. We warn others who are using their positions to perpetuate crime to desist forth with or face the full wrath of the law.”
