A 22-year old guard, Gideon Musa has been arrested by men of the Enugu State Police Vommand for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl to death.
Reports say Musa, who guards a house close to the victim’s residence, took her to a bush close to the area where he was said to have raped her until she died.
Alarm was said to be raised by the father of the victim, Edwin Ode Ominiyi of Umuchigbo, a community in Abakpa Enugu East council area, who reported the disappearance of his daughter to the police.
Vanguard reports:
Confirming the incident on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ebere Amaraizu, said the victim, according to her father, suddenly disappeared at about 1 pm, which resulted to a search and subsequent report at the police station.
Following the report, Amaraizu said the policemen swung into action, spreading their tentacles within the arena and environs.
According to Amaraizu, “a search was, however, intensified by the father assisted by the suspect. During the search, the suspect pretended to be assisting until the policemen were informed that he was the last to be seen with the victim.
“Following this revelation, Musa, popularly known as Aboki Mai-guard, was invited and questioned by the police. He then confessed that he took the victim to a nearby bush where he had carnal knowledge of her until she became unconscious and fainted.
“He further revealed that when the victim fainted, he had to run out from the bush. When he took the operatives to the place, the lifeless body of little Endurance was seen lying naked with blood gushing out from her private part.”
Meanwhile, Police has confirmed that the state’s Criminal and Investigation Department has commenced investigations just as the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Parklane Hospital Enugu mortuary for autopsy.
