Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, has
directed the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. James
Ezike, to investigate the alleged rape of a 6-year-old girl
by three students of School of Nursing, Benin-City.
The suspects have been identified as Kennedy, Paul
Aghama and Jeffery.
The IG in the directive signed by his Principal Staff
Officer, Idowu Owohunwa, ACP, directed the Commissioner
of Police to revert the earlier decision where the AIG Zone
5 in its report said the 6-year-old girl defiled herself by
using instruments to penetrate her private part.
The IG’s directive was given due to a petition by the little
girl's mother's counsel- Olayiwola Afolabi, who asked for
an independent investigation because it seemed like some
powerful persons were trying to use their positions to
ensure that the case was swept under the carpet.
Afolabi said that on May 25, 2015, the little girl's mom had
discovered that her daughter was having abdominal pains,
so she took her to the hospital where she was examined by a
doctor who discovered that she had been raped. He said
when the little girl was questioned by her mother, she told
her that some students from the State School of Nursing
who she gave their names as Kennedy, Paul Aghama and
Jeffery had taken her from her mother’s shop through the
window and defiled her twice on their bed.
According to Vanguard, the counsel disclosed that his client
reported the case at Aideyan Police Station which later
transferred it to Esigie Police Station where there was some
shady happenings going on at the station before another
petition was sent to the the IG, Mr. James Arase who has
now given the State commissioner a new directive to
investigate the matter.
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