August 17, (THEWILL) – Two suspects are cooling their heels behind bars at the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Ikot Akpan Abia, over the alleged abduction and rape of two underaged girls.
One of the suspects, Edidiong Ufe, also known as “Isong Akpa,” an indigene of Idu Uruan, Uruan Local Government Area of the state was alleged to have abducted a 12-year-old girl from the neighbouring community of Ifiayong Usuk in the same local government.
The suspect, THEWILL gathered, repeatedly raped the victim, now discovered to be four months pregnant.
He allegedly confessed to committing the crime.
The police Public Relations Officer in the State, SP Odiko MacDon, who confirmed this to select journalists, said the suspect would be charged to court after proper investigations.
The PPRO also hinted that the command apprehended one Iboro Ayama, an indigene of Ikot Offiong, but a resident of Ini LGA, over the alleged rape of a 10-year-old girl.
Ayama, 48, was said to have accosted the minor who was running an errand for her grandmother, dragged her to a nearby bush and defiled her.
“Investigation reveals that the victim was sent to buy foodstuff at Affiong Aran Market by her grandmother but was accosted by the suspect on her way home, dragged into the bush and defiled,” MacDon explained.
The police spokesperson warned perpetrators of gender-based violence to desist from such acts, saying that the long arm of the law would surely catch up with them.
