Edith CHUKU
Rivers State Police command said it has received report of the alleged abduction and gang defilement of a 14-year-old girl.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe Koko, who confirmed this to our correspondent said that the incident has been reported at Nkpolu Police Division.
Iringe-Koko assured the said victim, her family and members of the public that effort was on to arrest the suspects who were said to have fled after the incident
Recall that on Wednesday, two suspected cultists, whose names were given simply as Precious aka Pere and Chidiebere aka B2K, abducted a 14-year-old girl (namewitheld) at about 10am and took her to an apartment in a three storey building located at National street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt.
It was at the said location that they were purported to have gang defiled and deflowered the teenage girl.
Also, the suspects were reported to have threatened to kill the girl if she had refused to comply.
Report also revealed that she was warned against disclosing the incident to anybody.
Heartbroken mother of the teenage girl, who did not want her name mentioned, confirmed the incident.
Reacting to the incident, a human rights group vehemently condemned the alleged abduction and gang defilement of the 14 year-old girl by the two men.
In an interview with Journalists, Vice Chairperson of the Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign, Rivers State, Barr. Jennifer Stephens said, “we condemn in its entirety the alleged abduction and gang defilement of the 14-year-old girl by the two men in a building at National Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt.
“More disheartening is the revelation that the girl was also deflowered in the process.
“From available information, it is not the first time the suspects are perpetrating the act in the same building. Now that the matter has been reported to the Police. We call on the Police to expedite action to arrest the fleeing suspects to ensure justice is done and seen to be done in the circumstance.
“We equally call on the Police to invite the landlord/landlady or whosoever that is in charge of the building for questioning as we await the arrest of the suspects.”
Meanwhile, the matter has been reported to the Nkpolu Police Division, Mile 3 Diobu, where the teenage girl was issued medical form and currently taking treatment at undisclosed hospital.
