Police arrest 3 suspects for raping in A’Ibom

The Akwa Ibom state Police Command has arrested three suspects for different cases of defiling minors, including a 55- year -old man for raping his stepdaughter.

In a press release by the Police Public Relations Officer, Nudam Fredrick made available to newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday, the police said, one Udo Ekong Esau (55) forcefully slept with his 15- year-old stepdaughter, Glory Effiong.

He explained that Esau, an indigene of Odot 1 village in Nsit Atai Local Government Area was said to have chased Glory out of the house when he discovered that she was pregnant.

Frederick further disclosed that a 38 -year-old cultist, one Ekemini Asuquo confessed that he lured Stella Ntia, a 14- year-old girl with N1,500 to a hotel where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of the girl.

He said Asuquo later snatched the money from his victim and threatened to kill her if she reports the incident to the police.

The police spokesman also said a youth corps member, one Emmanuella Kosi, on primary assignment in Uyo, was gang raped by two persons, one Ofonime Essien and Frank Okon, when she went to charge her phone in their house.

He confirmed that all the suspects have confessed to the crime and would be charged to court and warned perpetrators of the act to desist forthwith or face arrest and prosecution by the police.

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The statement reads in part: “Following a distress call on June 8, at about 4:30pm, police Operatives at Abak swung into action and arrested a 38-yr-old confessed cultist, one Ekemini Asuquo Aya of No.7 Afaha Obong/Etim Ekpo, Abak.

“Investigation revealed that the suspect, Ekemini Asuquo, who claimed to be a tailor on June 8, at about 1:30pm, lured one Stella Ntia, with N1, 500 to Celebrity Hotel, Abak, where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her and thereafter, snatched the said money from the victim.

“The suspect also threatened to kill the victim if she reports the incident to the police.”