Policemen in Ondo State have arrested a man identified as Joseph, for allegedly raping a girl.
Joseph is 43 while the girl is 12.
Besides, he is said to have four while the victim’s father is his friend.
Speaking on the incident tat happened in Lugbogi in Ondo West Local government area of the state, the police noted that the suspect, a native of Ogoja, Cross Rivers State, allegedly lured his victim into his home where he defiled her.
The Nigerian Tribune’ reports that the suspect threatened the victim that he would kill her if she ever told anyone. The victim got home on the day of the incident and was afraid to inform her parents. Trouble started when in the night, she began to bleed from her private part. She was rushed to the hospital where doctors informed her parents that she had been deflowered.
“The 12-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital, bleeding profusely from the private part having been defiled and sexually abused, she is still in the hospital till now. Her parents reported the incident at the Enuowa police station but to the chagrin of all neighbours, Joseph had left his home before dawn before the arrival of the policemen,” the report added.
