Rape Of Three Daughters: Hand Over ‘Pastor’ To Police, Group Urges OSPAC

A human rights advocacy group, Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign (CBRPAC) has called on a local vigilante in Igbo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, OSPAC, to immediately hand over to the police a ‘Pastor’ who was arrested by the group, last Thursday, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his three daughters.

The Secretary, Board of Trustees of the group, Prince Wiro, who made the call in an interview with journalists in Port Harcourt, said intelligence available to the group indicates that the man, who was stripped naked in a viral video, was not handed over to the police after intervention by some persons.

Wiro averred that inasmuch as the organization commends OSPAC for arresting the randy ‘Pastor’, the group frowned at a situation where the suspect was allowed to go home without proper investigation carried by the police.

He stated that the group has also reached out to the OSPAC Commander in Igbo-Etche, who confirmed that they stormed the man’s house as a result of alleged fight between the man and his son over the alleged rape.

The OSPAC commander also said he would call the unit commander in Umuebule to take police officers the ‘Pastor’s’  house to re-arrest him, adding that a discreet investigation by the police would unravel if the ‘Pastor’ was culpable or not.

“If he is culpable, he should be made to face the law; the organization will use every means known to law to ensure OSPAC in Igbo-Etche is held accountable, if the suspect is not handed over to the police.

Wiro also confirmed that the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, SP Nnamdi Omoni, has been contacted by the organisation, saying that the police image maker had assured that efforts were in top gear to arrest the suspect.

He called on the Rivers State Police Command to ensure justice on the matter.

Wiro, however, condemned the alleged stripping of the suspect as it was a violation of his right to human dignity, adding that a suspect was presumed Innocent until pronounced guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction.