Anita Ogona
A man simply identified as Chinedu, resident at Anozie street in Mile 2 Diobu, PortHarcourt, Rivers have fled the State to evade arrest by the Police investigating allegation that he serially raped his fourteen year old daughter in the last two years .
Sources revealed that residents became aware of the alleged rape of his fourteen year daughter following complaints the teenager made to a neighbour about her ordeal in hands of the father.
We gathered that the neighbour alerted the Police on the development and the victim was taken to Azikiwe Police Division at Illabouchi, Mile 2 Diobu where the matter was reported. We further learnt that the teenage girl in her statement alleged that her father have been defiling her for the past two years.
Residents told our reporter that the suspect fled his house before the arrival of Police detectives from Azikiwe Division. As at time of filing this report it was gathered that the mother of the teenage girl who is the suspect’s estranged wife has taken the victim away.
When our correspondent visited the street on Thursday, the suspect drinking bar was under lock and key.
In the meantime, a Rights Advocate and National Coordinator of Centre for Basic Rights Protection And Accountability Campaign, Mr Prince Wiro has called on residents with useful information on the whereabout of the suspect to pass such information to the Police with a view to arresting and making the suspect to answer for the allegation bordering on incest and defilement levelled against him.
Mr Wiro noted that the veracity of the allegation cannot be ascertained if the suspect is not available for investigation.
The spokesperson for Rivers State Police Command,Superintendent of Police,SP Grace Iringe Koko was yet to respond to our enquiry on the incident by our reporter.
However, multiple Police sources confirmed the incident.
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