Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer,
CSP. Fredrick Nnudam disclosed this in a statement, Thursday in Uyo, the state
capital.
Citing section 1(2) of the Akwa Ibom State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law, 2020, which states that the price for rape is life imprisonment for the guilty, the command warned members of the public against involvement in rape and any other crime.
Protesters hold placards and banners in Abuja to
raise awareness about sexual violence in Nigeria in June 5, 2020.
Giving details of the arrests, the statement read:
“The fight against perpetrators of rape and other gender-based violence in Akwa
Ibom State yielded another breakthrough as five (5) suspects were arrested in
the State.
“Responding to a distress call on 20/5/2020,
detectives of Abak Division arrested a motorcyclist, one Edidiong Daniel Tommy
(31) who diverted a 16-year-old passenger to his house situated at No. 75
Hospital Road, in Abak Local Government Area where he conspired with one other
suspect now at large and had unlawful carnal knowledge of the 16-year-old girl
at gunpoint.
“The suspects thereafter dispossessed the victim of
her phone valued at seventeen thousand naira (N17, 000.00) and the sum of fifty
thousand naira (N50, 000.00).
“On 21/6/2020 at about 5pm, following a complaint,
Detectives of Eket Division arrested one Sam Akpan (30) of Atabong/Liverpool
Road, Eket.
“Investigation revealed that the suspect bought
cooked cow skin a.k.a “Kpomo” worth two hundred naira (N200.00) from a
10-year-old girl and thereafter lured her to his house on the pretext that he
left the money at home. On reaching his house, he dragged the girl to his room
and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her”.
The statement further disclosed that “the Detectives
of Ikot Ekpene Division on July 5, 2020, through a credible intelligence
apprehended one Godwin Willie of Ikot Ubo, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area
who forcefully had carnal knowledge of his 15-year-old daughter.
“On June 26, 2020, following a tip-off, operatives
of Area Command, Etim Ekpo arrested one Joseph Ekeruke Inyang (36yrs) of No. 1
Primary School Road, Utu Etim Ekpo in Etim Ekpo local government area who lured
a 12-year-old girl with five hundred naira (N500.00) to his room where he had
unlawful carnal knowledge of her.
“Following a complaint on 25/6/2020, Operatives of
Ikot Ekpene Division apprehended one Nsisong Moses Asuquo (34) of No.7 Okonah
Street, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area who sexually defiled a 13-year-old
girl. Investigation revealed that the suspect took the victim from her guardian
to his home on the pretext of being a housemaid and severally defiled her
before sending her away” the command said.
The police spokesman stated that the Commissioner of
Police, CP Imohimi Edgal had reassured the victims of rape and other
gender-based violence of effective remedies and protection against
stigmatization and threats as encapsulated in all extant laws.
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