Rivers Woman Arrested For Ill-Human Treatment To Rape Victim.
Prince Wiro
A woman identified as Jessica has been arrested by detectives attached to Special Area, Rumudomaya aka ( Rumuokoro) Police Division, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State for allegedly stripping naked, bathing pepper on husband’s thirteen-year-old alleged female rape victim (name withheld).
It was gathered that the incident happened at Rupokwu in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Narrating the incident, the mother of the girl, identified as Goodness, who did not want her full name mentioned because of stigmatization, said she was at her workplace on Sunday evening, December 29, 2024, when some persons called her and that her neighbor, Jessica had stripped the daughter naked and torturing her.
The traumatized mother stated that before she arrived home, some neighbors had rescued her daughter from Jessica.
Explaining further, the mother of the alleged defilement victim said, “Upon interrogation of her daughter, her daughter told her that on Christmas day, December 25th, 2024, a female neighbor who is a friend to Jessica took her(alleged rape victim) to Jessica’s house. Minutes later, Jessica’s husband, Mr Ebuka, sent the wife(Jessica) and her friend on an errand.
“As his(Ebuka’s ) wife went out with her friend, Ebuka bounced on her and allegedly raped her after threatening to deal with her if she refused. After he was done, he let my daughter go, though my daughter did not tell me because of the threat. Nobody saw Ebuka after that day.
“So on Sunday evening, Ebuka’s wife, Jessica, came to my shop and told my daughter to follow her, that she wanted to show my daughter something in the house. My daughter followed her, only to get to their house; she stripped my daughter naked, poured her pepper, and also inserted pepper in her vagina. Jessica dragged my daughter outside and flogged her severally with a machete, accusing her of having sex with her husband, Ebuka. Some persons even video recorded my daughter”.
The National Coordinator of the Centre for Basic Rights Protection And Accountability Campaign, Prince Wiro, has condemned the alleged torture of the thirteen-year-old girl by Jessica. Wiro described the incident as inhumane, barbaric, and disheartening.
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Mr Wiro said, “We have interacted with the teenager and even saw the bruises and wounds on her body. We demand a thorough investigation by the Police. The Police should make a concerted effort to bring in Ebuka, the woman’s husband, to answer for the allegation against him, and anybody found culpable in the investigation should be made to face the law”.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe Koko, said she would get back to our reporter. However, as of the time of filing this report, she had yet to do so despite repeated calls.
As of press time, the suspect, Ebuka, has been arrested. We learned that the suspect denied raping the teenager.
