By; SAMSON YAKI, Lafia
A serving Inspector of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) with the Nasarawa State’s Special Investigations Bureau (SIB) has reportedly raped and impregnated his 15-year-old niece.
The Inspector (name withheld) now in detention has also aborted her 6-month pregnancy.
Lafia-based Citizen’ Centre For Justice, Leadership and Peace confirmed the incident on Wednesday, noting that the alleged perpetrator was arrested on Monday July 18.
“The victim who is currently just 15 years of age and a JSS 3 student began to suffer rape shortly after she began to live with her uncle the police man.
“First, he drugged soft drink and gave her when the wife was not around. She woke up to pains in her vagina and lower abdomen.
“She also saw blood on her bed and her clothes and also her vagina, a clear indication that her virginity was destroyed. At other times, he gives her same substance and rapes her and she wakes up only to see herself soiled in sperm. It got to a point that he doesn’t drug her before raping her. He threatened to kill her if she tells anybody.
“As pregnancy got to six months, the perpetrator procured abortion drugs from a quack chemist and it was on the third day of taking the pills that we got to know.
“After the arrest of the perpetrator, we took the girl to the hospital where it was confirmed that the foetus was already dead. Surgery was done immediately to remove the dead foetus which happened to be female. The blood sample of the perpetrator and that of the foetus was taken for DNA purposes. She is currently recuperating from the hospital bed,” a statement issued by the centre reads further.
The Centre-led by Lafia-based rights activist and legal practitioner, Barrister Emmanuel Kuza thanked the Police authority in the state for prompt arrest of the alleged perpetrator and expressed confidence that justice would be served.
New Nigerian Newspapers learnt that the victim is an orphan and daughter of the Police Inspector’s younger sister.
