A 39-year-old man, Sunday Eze, has been arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command, for allegedly having forceful carnal knowledge of a nine-year-old girl (name withheld).
He was among suspects arrested and paraded by the police command for various crimes.
The suspect who was described by the State Police Command spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, as “habitual child abuser,” however claimed that the minor held him hostage in his house, demanded for N1,500.00 before he had sex with her.
Eze, who confirmed having sex with his victim in the month of January this year, said he was surprised when some youths in the community held and dragged him to the police station six months after.
He said: “I slept with the nine-year-old girl sometimes January this year. She entered my house quite alright, she forced me to give her money N1,500.00 before we can do it. So I gave her the money and I slept with her. I only did it once.
“I was riding my motorcycle to the market last week when some youths held me and started to mess me up. They beat me mercilessly and dragged me to police station.”
Commenting on the suspect, SP Nwabuzor said: “The suspect is notorious for assembling little girls in his residence, thereafter begins to have carnal knowledge of them in turns.”
