80-year-old man, Moses Inyan, on Wednesday allegedly raped a 10-year-old girl at Ajamimogho Community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the girl was sent on an errand by her mother at about 5 pm but suddenly went missing.
Her parents and other residents of the area searched for her till 10 pm but couldn’t find her.
The parents of the victim and the other residents were said to have asked the suspect, who is notorious for raping children in the area if he saw the little girl, but he denied saying she was not in his house.
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Unsatisfied with the man’s posture, the victim’s parents and neighbours reported the matter before the Ajamimogha Community Task Force, who promptly broke in and searched his house only to discover that the old man locked the girl inside a small cupboard.
The girl had almost died when she was brought out of the cupboard, from where she was rushed for medical treatments that very night.
The Ajamimogha Community Taskforce arrested the suspect and locked him up in their cell.
The father of the victim, identified as Friday, insists that justice must be served, with the suspect handed over to the police for prosecution.
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