A married man, popularly known as Badoo in Umuaji village, Umuida community in Igbo Eze North local government areas of Enugu state has allegedly defiled a primary 5 pupil in an uncompleted building in the village.
The victim(name withheld), while narrating to our reporter how the incident happened on her hospital bed at Chimamanda hospital Umuaji, said the suspect waylaid her while she was taking firewood to her niece that lived within the area.
According to her: “He stopped me and dragged me to an uncompleted building where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of me”.
She continued and stated that it took the intervention of a passerby who came and met her in the pool of her own blood and raised alarm.
She concluded by stating that she needs justice. Her father when contacted, regretted the ugly incident and called for the public to help get the perpetrator of the dastardly act to book. He lamented that his poor background made the vigilante group to release the suspect without taking the necessary actions. He equally appealed to the general public and NGOs to come to his daughter’s aid.
It was learnt that the suspect was subsequently arrested by the local vigilante group in the village, who later released him without handing him to the police for necessary actions.
It was also established that the youths of the village prevented everyone from taking pictures of the suspect while he was being paraded by the vigilante group.