From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
An 11 year-old-girl (name withheld) has been defiled by a man, his son, a security guard and two others presently on the run, at Umuduruorie, Umudurumezie, in Oriemezie Umueze community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.
According to the girl’s uncle, who was identified as Chukwudi Ukanwa, the man, a 61-year-old and his son (44) have, at different times, slept with the minor without her consent.
The victim, it was learnt was left in their care by a relative who had travelled to a foreign country. The relative was also not aware of the sexual escapade carried out on the girl by the five men.
However, the bubble burst when the uncle of the girl noticed the girl had not been responding to treatment for a strange illness, which prompted him to interrogate her.
While Macaulay Ibegbulem and his son, Obinna,Chidi Oparaugo, are presently cooling off at the Scorpion Unit of the Imo State Police Command following the confession of the little girl, the security guard, who lived just closer to their building who has also been having carnal knowledge of the girl with two other suspects, are said to be on the run.
Explaining what happened, the girl’s uncle, who brought her back on September, 3, as a result of her illness, told our correspondent that she was threatened by the five men not to say a word of their atrocities on her.
“When I brought her back home to my place, I noticed that all the drugs I bought for her were not effective, so I decided to ask her if she was being sexually harassed by anybody. It took her time to confess to me.
“She told me it all began the day Macaulay went to drop her in school. He turned on a film on his phone and asked her to watch. While she was watching, she said he brought out her breast and started suckling. “That was how he began. Then, one day he asked me if another person had ever touched her before and she told him his son, Obinna, and the others had been doing the same thing to her.”
When contacted, the State police spokesperson, Henry Okoye, said he was yet to be briefed on the incident, and promised to respond to it later.