A 15-year-old girl is lying critically ill in an undisclosed hospital in
Port Harcourt after she was allegedly gang-molestd. 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 molestd. 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 molest in the society.
Comrade
Ijeomah whose organization has been handling many molest cases
involving under-aged girls called for stiffer penalties for proven
offenders to serve as a deterrent to others.
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