Police Arrest Man, 25, Over Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Of Seven-Year-Old Girl

A 25-year-old man, Miracle Sunday Akpan, from Akwa Ibom State, residing at Ugwuabor Abakpa-Nike, Enugu, has been arrested by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a seven-year old girl (names withheld), on June 13, 2021.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement issued in Enugu on Wednesday said that the suspect has already been charged to court along with the victim’s grandmother, one Queendaline Udoh aged 61, a native of Imezi-Owa in Ezeagu LGA, of Enugu State residing in the same address.
According to the PPRO, the victim’s grandmother was arrested and charged along with the suspect because she was said to have been in the habit of exploiting the minor for financial gains by giving her out to men for unlawful carnal knowledge, thereby aiding them including the suspect in the act.
The suspects, the statement went on, are now remanded in Nigerian Correctional Service Custody, adding that the suspects were initially arrested by Neighbourhood Watch Group, but re-arrested on 16/06/2021 by Operatives of the Command attached to Abakpa Police Division, with the victim rescued and handed over to Enugu State Ministry of Gender Affairs and Social Department.
Ndukwe further stated that in addition, the case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department State (CIID) for thorough investigation and prosecution of the suspects on the order of the Commissioner of Police.
“To this end, the suspects were today, 22/06/2021, charged to Court and remanded in Nigerian Correctional Service Custody, pending further hearing of the case, following the swift concluded investigation into the case”.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Aliyu, has strongly urged parents/guardians to train their children/wards with care, fear of God and uphold their fundamental human rights.

By: Canice Amadi, Enugu