The rape victim
The family of a teenager in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has accused a police inspector attached to Mkpat Enin Division of defiling its 15-year-old daughter at gunpoint.
The teenager and her family made the allegation when they visited The Nation office in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
The minor said she was returning from African Church, Ikot Abasi-Akpan, last Thursday when policemen accosted her.
She alleged that the inspector pointed a gun at her, saying if she did not allow him to touch her, he would shoot her.
The SS1 pupil alleged that the inspector took her to a dark area and fondled her.
She said the inspector ordered her to undress, pointing a gun at her.
Her words: “After forcing me to remove my clothes, he ordered me to lie down and open my legs. He then made love to me. He threatened to shoot me if I shout.
“I was in pains. When he noticed that blood was coming out of my private part, he took me into a vehicle and drove to the station. He detained me from Thursday till Saturday. It was my uncle, Dr. Stephen Ime, who came from Abuja to bail me with N10,000.”
The victim said her mother left her father when she was a toddler and she did not know her whereabouts.
She said her father became paralysed after falling from a palm tree, adding: “My uncle is our breadwinner.”
Ime said he was shocked when his niece accused the inspector of defiling her “because he is a prosecutor.”
He alleged that the suspect’s colleagues at the police headquarters in Ikot Akpanabia said he was reckless with women.
Ime said: “We need justice. If a police inspector could point a gun at a 15-year-old girl before defiling her, it means he is not fit to be a police officer. Policemen are supposed to protect life and property.
“He is also fraudulent. He kept the girl in custody for three days and had the effrontery to collect N10,000 as bail. We call for his dismissal so that he can be prosecuted.”
An artisan, Mr. Ndifreke Ibuotenang, was allegedly brutalised last Thursday by the policemen.
The 28-year-old victim said he was returning home about 9 pm when policemen accosted him and beat him up, adding that his eyes became red and swollen.
He was reportedly released after paying N10,000.
Police Commissioner Murtala Mani confirmed the incident.
However, he did not tell our reporter if the police had begun investigation.
Mani simply said: “Yes, I am fully aware of the incident.”
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