By Esther Igomu

A 40-year-old man, Monday Obakpian, has been arrested by operatives for the Edo State Police Command for alleged defilement of a 14-year-old girl.

A statement by the Command’s spokesman, SP Moses Yamu, revealed that the suspect lured the innocent girl into his room at Odo Quarters, in Ibillo, Akoko Edo Local Government Area, under the guise of sending her on an errand.

According to the statement, he took advantage of that situation and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her, and it took the effort of a neighbour who called in the Police when he heard the victim screaming from the suspect’s room.

SP Yamu said the suspect has confessed to the crime and will soon be charged to court.

He warned perpetrators of such heinous crimes, that the Command will do everything in its powers to protect the vulnerable and bring the criminals of such dastardly acts to book.