Anambra State Police Command says Police operatives attached to 3-3 Division, yesterday, arrested one Ndubisi Okafor, aged 60 years of Sun Rise Estates, Nkwelle Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government, for allegedly defiling a minor.
According to a release signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed, the arrest followed a tip off.
It was gathered that the suspect had on the same date and on different ocassions, allegedly defiled a 9 years old girl in his room.
The release informed that the scene has been visited by police detectives and victim taken to hospital for medical examination.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, CP John Abang, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal investigation Department, Awka, for discreet investigation after which suspect would be charged to court for prosecution.
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Nigeria Police Force on Sunday said its operatives have rescued an American citizen who was confined in a Lagos hotel for more than a year.
The police in a statement said the victim hails from Washington DC, USA, and is a retired civil servant in the US.
According to Police report, the lady had arrived Nigeria on 13th February, 2019 on a visit to one Chukwuebuka Kasi Obiaku, whom she met on Facebook.
Police said Obiaku, a graduate of Business Administration and Management, has defrauded many unsuspecting members of the public both locally and internationally.
Police further informed that he deliberately lured the victim into the country under the pretext of love and deceitfully married her on 15th May, 2019.
He subsequently held her captive in a hotel, extorted from her, monies amounting to a total of $ 48,000 dollars.
The report also has it that he forcefully collected and took control of her credit and debit cards as well as the operation of her bank accounts including the receipt of her monthly retirement benefits and allowances over the period of fifteen months.
Obiaku, police said, also used the victim as a front to defraud her associates and other foreign personalities and companies.
She was however rescued by Police operatives attached to the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Ogun State Annex, following information received from a patriotic and civic minded Nigerian in the Meran area of Lagos State.
The rescue of the American lady came on the heels of a similar case of abducted Philippino lady, who was lured to Nigeria by her supposed lover, whom she equally met on Facebook.
Police said the suspect will be charged to court on conclusion of the investigation and prosecuted in line with the Cybercrime Prevention/Prohibition Act, 2015.
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