A seventy-five-year-old barber who gave his name as Nwankwo Nweke has been arrested for defiling an eight-year-old girl in Awka.
The suspect, who hails from Isiagu; in Awka South Local Government Area of the state, after his arrest, confessed that it was temptation that made him have carnal knowledge of the underage girl.
The suspect, who pleaded for mercy, promised to be of good behavior if the state government pardons him.
Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo, who was visibly sad over the incident, assured the eight-year-old victim of justice, and warned that anyone caught in such act won’t go free.
Meanwhile, the parents of the eight-year-old victim, Mr. and Mrs. John Ugwuanyi, explained that they sent their little baby to get something at a nearby shop around seven o’clock in the evening, and when she came back, they noticed the items weren’t complete and asked her to return back to the shop, after which they started looking for her.
They stated that they quickly went to the shop to look for her but didn’t see her, which prompted them to raise alarm over her sudden disappearance in the neighborhood, without knowing that the suspect had already taken her into his house and told her not to answer her name.
Mr. and Mrs. Ugwuanyi revealed that the suspect, who at the time was their neighbor, pushed the eight-year-old girl out of his room when he felt the search was over.
On how they knew what transpired between their daughter and the seventy-five-year-old suspect, Mr. and Mrs. Ugwuanyi said that when their daughter finally came back that night, they questioned her to know what happened, and she told them that the suspect lured her to his house with a promise to give her mango.
They said it was at that point that they involved security operatives before taking their child to the hospital
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