Man rapes 9-year-old girl to death

BY EMMA UNA
CALABAR — A 20-year-old man, Chijioke
Nwakor, from Aniocha Local Government
Area of Anambra State is now in Police
custody for allegedly raping a nine-year-
old girl to death.
The  suspect who is currently detained at
the Criminal Investigation Department
(CID), state Police headquarters, Diamond
Hill, Calabar is alleged to have engaged
Miss Alice Eneji in a marathon love
making which resulted in the girl’s death.
Chijioke told the officer heading the
homicide unit of the state CID, Mr.
Joseph Inuyashe, that he was born in
Aniocha Local Government Area, but grew
up in Onistha, Anambra until recently
when he relocated to Okuku-Yala Local
Government in Cross River State where
he is living with his parents.
He said since he came to Cross River
State, he had abstained from women,
regretting that his first attempt to make
love to a girl of his desire has resulted in
tragedy.
He said: “I used to see the girl everyday
in Okuku-Yala, where I stay with my
parents. I don’t know what pushed me
last Monday to approach her.
“As I saw her playing with the three boys
at Saint Patrick’s Primary School, Okuku
football field, I called her and asked what
she was doing there. I told her to go
home and meet her mother.”
The advice took an amorous dimension as
it started drizzling and Chijioke and Alice
had to take shelter under one of the
school buildings.
It was then he said: “I discussed with her
and she accepted so I took her to one of
the abandoned buildings that has been
overtaken by weeds, where I told her to
remove her underwears and she
complied.”
Claiming there was mutual agreement
between them, the boy dismissed
allegation that he raped her, saying: “I
did not slap her or do anything to her.
“I told her to bend down because the
place was too dirty. The uncompleted
building is now used as a toilet, because
most people living around there  had no
toilet.”
Chijioke said he then went for marathon
love-making but Alice started crying but
he thought she was pretending.
Few minutes later, Alice slumped and
became unconscious and he decided to
raise alarm calling for help.
Alice was rushed to hospital while
Chijioke went round the community
sourcing for money to foot the hospital
bill.
“I was still looking for money when
somebody called me that the girl was
dead,” he said.
When contacted, acting Police Public
Relations Officer of the Command, Mr.
Hogan Bassey confirmed the incident,
saying the culprit is in custody and that
they were investigating the immediate
and remote cause of such a criminal act.
According to him, Chijioke will be charged
to Court.