The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the owner of Great Leaders International School in Agbor-Obi, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old female pupil of the school.
The state Police spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, in a whatsapp chat with Ekwe Anaedo said the suspect is in police custody and assured that the command will carry out a thorough investigation.
Responding to rumours that the suspects lawyer is pressurizing the mother of the four year old to accept money to discontinue the case, Edafe said, “we should avoid settlement because these days parents especially from rural areas go behind the police and collect money from suspects thereby making prosecution very difficult.”
According to report, the little girl returned from school complaining about pains around her vagina, upon investigation she saw blood around the region forcing her to report the matter to the police
The incident occurred at Great Leaders International School in Agbor-Obi, in Delta state
Early this year Delta State High Court sitting at Asaba sentenced one Amaechi Ogo a 28 to life imprisonment for raping his four-year-old daughter.
Speaking to reporters after the judgment, Director of Sexual Offences Unit, Ministry of Justice in Delta state Patricia Akamagwuna, said the state Ministry of Justice would continue to aggressively prosecute all sex-related offenders in line with the ministry’s zero-tolerance policy to such heinous crimes.
The Sexual Offences Unit of the Ministry of Justice had previously recorded three judgements in sex -related offences cases in this current legal year.
