NAPTIP, Benin zonal command arrests child abuse suspect
The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said it had arrested one person for alleged child abuse.
Zonal Commander of the Agency comprising Edo and Delta, Mr Nduka Nwanwenne, disclosed this to newsmen in Benin on Wednesday.
Nwanwenne said that the suspect, Joel Aiya, was arrested on Tuesday morning.
He also said that the suspect was a truck driver and hailed from Ewohimi, Esan South East Local Government Area in Edo.
He said that the suspect allegedly abused and impregnated a 14-year-old primary six pupil who hailed from Kafanchan in Kaduna State.
The zonal commander said the victim who resided with her guardian in the same premises as the suspect, was usually lured into the suspect’s one-room apartment and forced into love escapades by the suspect.
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