A 15-year-old girl is lying critically ill in an undisclosed hospital in
Port Harcourt after she was allegedly gang-raped. The incident occurred
on Tuesday evening in Rumuodumaya in Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of
Rivers State.
Already, no fewer than seven boys said to be in
their early 20s have been rounded up by the Police in connection with
the incident.
It was gathered that the girl (name withheld) had gone
to the nearby Rumuokoro market to make some purchases in the evening of
the fateful day.
On her way home, she was allegedly abducted by
some boys and taken to their hideout located inside the Rumuokoro
slaughter area where she was raped. Daily Sun revealed that when the
girl did not return that night, her parents raised alarm and reported
her sudden disappearance to the police. Thereafter, a search party was
organized and the girl was found unconscious at the Slaughter area said
to be a notorious den for hemp smokers and criminals.
It was in
the course of preliminary investigation after she was revived that the
suspects were rounded up with the help of some community boys and taken
to the Rumuodumaya Police Station. When contacted, Police Public
Relations Officer in the State, Mr. Benjamin Ugwuegbulam (DSP) confirmed
the incident.
He told Daily Sun that “some arrests have been
made” and investigation is in progress. Reacting to the incident, the
Director of a Non-Governmental Organization, Human Rights, Social
Development and Environmental Foundation (HURSDEF), Comrade Justine
Ijeomah decried the rising cases of rape in the society.
Comrade
Ijeomah whose organization has been handling many rape cases involving
under-aged girls called for stiffer penalties for proven offenders to
serve as a deterrent to others.
via Daily Sun
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