A 24-year-old man, Solomon of Gwako village, in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT is presently cooling off in a police cell for allegedly attempting to rape his neighbour’s seven- year-old daughter.
The victim’s mother, (names withheld), while narrating the incident at Gwagwalada Police Command on Thursday, said she returned from an outing at 7:30 pm and met the suspect on top of her underage daughter in bed.
According to her, she went out to buy spaghetti to prepare food for her children and returned to see Solomon naked. “I raised an alarm immediately and after interrogating my daughter, she confessed that the suspect has slept with her for almost four times,” the mother said.
She alleged further that her daughter informed her that the suspect normally licks her private part whenever she is not at home and warned her not to tell her mother.
“He even told my daughter that any day she reveals the affair to me, she will die,” the mother added.
Our reporter gathered that a medical report showed there was no penetration into the child’s private part.
Reacting to the incident, the suspect, who had a black eye and held onto a bible, denied raping the girl and said he visits the family to borrow video cassettes to watch in the evenings.
“It was the beating I received from neighbour’s when the child’s mother raised an alarm that made me accept that I raped her,” he said.
Also responding, Gwagwalada police Area Commander, Mr. Abutu Yaro, said the suspect is under arrest and will soon be charged to court after investigation has been concluded.
Daily Trust Monday, December 6th, 2010,
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