Comfort Etim, the mother of twelve year old miss Bright rescued by residents from the hand of a suspected child trafficker around Evergreen junction GRA phase 3,Port Harcourt on Monday 4th November, 2024 has revealed that the suspect enquired from the child if she was a virgin before abducting her.
Ms. Etim made the disclosure in an interview with Journalists on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.
She said “I was at Mile 3, someone called me that they stole my child, that a woman stole my child put her in a car and want to carry her and go.
“So one brother intercepted the vehicle, brought my child down with the lady. So I ran from Mile 3, back to the house. So when I came back, I saw the lady, we took the lady and my child to Abacha Police Division.
“My child is twelve year old, my child narrated to me that when the woman saw her, the woman asked her, if she(child), has slept with any man before, the child said no. My child don’t know the woman, me too, I don’t know the woman.I don’t even know where the woman is from.
“I stay at back of Bonga villa at GRA phase 3”
The Public Relations Officer of Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe Koko who is also a Superintendent of Police, SP responded to text messages sent to her mobile phone by saying ‘yes the victim is currently with the police undergoing medical treatment’
As at press time,we gathered that the suspect is being detained at Abacha Police Division on Abacha road, GRA phase 2, Portharcourt.