Police arrest suspected rapists of 6- year-old

BENIN— Police in Benin have
arrested two of the three persons
alleged to have raped a 6-year-old
girl at a primary school in the city.
Police at Aideyan disclosed that they
were on the trail of one of the
suspects, while the two arrested
suspects were currently in
detention.
The incident occurred last week and
the family of the victim appealed to
the police and the state government
to arrest the suspects after they fled
their homes.
Mother of the victim, who identified
herself as Magdalene, told Vanguard
at the Aideyan Police Station that
the daughter complained of severe
pains in her private part, adding
that it was on interrogation that it
was discovered that some persons
had raped her.
She said: “I want to thank the police
for arresting the suspects. Though
one is still on the run, I have
confidence in the police. “What they
did to my daughter, a six-year-old
child, is wicked and evil. I want
justice to be done; they should be
punished accordingly.”
Edo State Coordinator of Child
Protection Network, Jennifer Ero,
described child defilement as man’s
inhumanity to man and called on
the police and concern authorities to
ensure the victim got justice.
She said: “Three of them connived
and forcefully raped and defiled a
child of six years old. Right now,
they have arrested two of them and
they are at Aideyan police station
while the third person absconded.
The worst of it all is that the woman
that is affected with her daughter
are being intimidated by the
authorities of the school where the
crime took place. “Because she owns
a shop there, they are threatening
to eject her because she went to the
public with what happened.”