Aba —Eziama Police Division, Aba, Abia State has
arrested a 41-year-old man, Stephen Akunewu, for
allegedly raping a 3-year-old girl in Aba.
Akunewu, a barbing salon operator at No. 14
Uzoigwe Extension, off Osusu Road, Aba, was
alleged to have used biscuits and sweets to lure the
innocent minor who is a niece to his neighbour, into
his trap and took advantage of her.
It was learned that a medical examination carried
out on the minor showed that she was abused by
the suspect as her private part was reddish and
bruised.
Vanguard gathered that the minor's guardian,
identified as Mrs. Eunice, who suspected that her
niece had been defiled, reported the matter to the
police, while the victim fled his residence to evade
police arrest.
Luck, however, ran out on the suspect as he was
later arrested when he sneaked into his residence
without knowing that police laid in wait for him.
A resident of the area told Vanguard that the
suspect had in 2012, also lured and raped a 2-
year-old daughter of his neighbour, but the family
was said to have resolved not to report the matter
to the police.
When contacted, spokesman of Abia State police
command, DSP Ezekiel Udeviotu, confirmed the
incident, adding that the suspect would be arraigned
as soon as police concluded investigation.
