A 32-year-old man, Anthony Wayas has been arrested Rivers
State Police Command for allegedly having sex with his 12-year-old niece
since 2013.
The girl (name withheld) has been living
with her uncle Wayas and his wife in Finima community in Bonny Local
Government Area since the death of her father while she still a baby.
The accused, Wayas and his niece
Recounting
her ordeal, the girl said her uncle started abusing her sexually in
2013. He would leave for work in the morning and come back during the
day while his wife is away at her work place where she's a cleaner.
She said, "
He
would take the children to the big room, asking them to stay there, and
would take me to the small room. He would remove my pant and push me on
the bed. He would then remove his trousers and bring out his manhood.
He would then put it inside me and sleep with me. I can’t count the
number of times it has happened. When I told the wife, she threatened to
return me to our village."
On April 19, her uncle dragged
her into the bathroom and had sex with her, warning her not to shout.
The next day, she reported the incident to a neighbour who told someone
else that came to interview her. After the interview, they called youths
in the area who beat him up mercilessly and almost lynched him but for
the intervention of policemen from Finima police station, led by the
Divisional Police Officer, Mohammed Suleiman Baba.
According to a
reliable source within the community, the case of defilement was
reported to the chairman of Finima Youth Congress, Comrade Aladiokuma
Hart, who in turn notified the DPO and the girl was put in protective
custody as Wayas, had allegedly threatened to kill her if she should
expose him.
Wayas however denied having sex with the girl,
claiming he has a problem with his manhood which has resulted in his
inability to make love to a woman.
Confirming the story, the
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers State, Grace
Iringe-Koko said that the case had been transferred to the State
Criminal Investigation Department for further investigations, after
which the suspect would be charged to court if found guilty of the
crime.
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