Disclosing this to newsmen on Sunday, the Second in Command of the vigilante known as the ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee in Egi community, Onuigba Chinonye, said that he was on patrol with his men when they saw a distraught woman, crying that her 14-year-old daughter has been missing since Saturday till Sunday morning.
“I asked the woman which area, she told us where she was staying and where the girl was going to before her disappearance. So we started investigating and through some good neighbours too, we found out where the girl was.
“When we went into the place, we saw two brothers, senior and junior raping the little girl in an isolated compound near a bush”, he said.
Continuing, the vigilante official said, “In the process of trying to arrest them, the senior one proved stubborn and tried to fight us.
“As my boys were dragging him, his junior brother ran away. So, we now apprehended the senior one and handed him over to Egi Police Division Headquarters in Obite, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA.”
Chinonye advised youths in the community to shun criminal behaviours and embrace meaningful ventures in order to be useful to themselves.
When contacted, spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident, saying investigation is ongoing.
Iringe-Koko, stated, “He (suspect) is in our custody and he would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.
“The Commissioner of Police has ordered the Divisional Police Officer to ensure the arrest of the fleeing suspect in order for him to also face the law.”
