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Police arrest couple for ‘sexually assaulting’ 13-year-old girl in Rivers
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The police command in Rivers says its operatives have arrested a couple for allegedly raping and beating a 13-year-old girl in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
NAN reports that Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, said the incident happened in Rupokwu town in Obio/Akpor LGA.
According to the police spokesperson, Goodness, the mother of the assaulted teenager, said the wife accused her daughter of having sexual intercourse with her husband on December 25.
She alleged that the husband had sent his wife and her friend on an errand, leaving the teenager alone with him in the house on the day the incident happened.
“After he raped her, he told my daughter to leave his house. My daughter returned home afterwards but did not report what had transpired, probably due to the threat from the man,” the police spokesperson quoted the mother of the teenager to have said.
“On December 29, 2024, the wife visited my shop and asked the teenager to follow her to her apartment and assist her with house chores.
“It was on getting there that she accused my daughter of sleeping with her husband, stripped her naked, poured pepper on her, and inserted the same in her vagina.
“She then dragged my daughter outside and flogged her mercilessly with a machete while neighbours recorded the attack.
“Before I got home, neighbours had already rescued my daughter from the wife’s assault. My daughter was still writhing in pain from the beating and the pepper applied to her body and private area.”
The police spokesperson said the suspects have been transferred to the state criminal investigation and intelligence department (SCIID) for investigation and possible prosecution.
The spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, was left stunned after two suspected drug dealers requested to take a photograph with him shortly after they were arrested and interrogated.
The suspects, identified as Omini Ezeri, 46, and Chinedum Wagbara, 42, were apprehended during a stop-and-search operation while travelling in a Mercedes-Benz ML SUV with registration number AAA 604 JZ along the Agbarho-Warri Road.
A search of the vehicle and its occupants led to the recovery of two Beretta pistols, a substance suspected to be cocaine, and a dagger. The suspects are currently in police custody, while investigations continue.
As part of the investigation, Edafe interrogated the suspects. Shortly after the interview, the duo surprised the police spokesperson by asking to take a photograph with him.
In a follow-up post shared on social media, Edafe said he had never encountered such behaviour before, explaining that the suspects appeared to become excited once they realised he intended to interview them.
He added that despite being arrested with cocaine and two pistols, which they claimed were used for their drug business, they still requested to take a picture with him after the interrogation.
The Catholic Diocese of Otukpo in Benue State has confirmed the safe return of its seminarian, Kelvin Ochai, who was abducted by gunmen at Asa III in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese, Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Itodo, on Saturday.
Itodo attributed the seminarian’s safe return to divine intervention and the prayers of Christians and well-wishers.
According to the diocese, the seminarian escaped from the custody of his abductors and made his way to Aliade in Gwer East Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, where he was reunited with his family unharmed.
“Through the prayers of the people of God, Kelvin escaped from the custody of his abductors on the evening of Friday, 31st July, 2026, and made his way to Aliade, Gwer East LGA of Benue State. He has since been safely reunited with his family and is unharmed,” the statement read in part.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo, Most Rev. Michael Ekwoyi Apochi, expressed profound gratitude to priests, religious, lay faithful, and people of goodwill for their unwavering support and prayers during the period of the seminarian’s captivity.
The headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, located in Abuja has been gutted by fire.
The fire was said to have started from the fourth floor of the building.
Speaking to DAILY POST, a personnel of Zenith Bank domiciled in the Mortgage Bank building, Anthony Ameh, said the fire is so intense.
According to him, operatives of the Federal Fire Service, who came to contain the fire have not been able to arrest the situation.
“The fire is so intense. About four trucks of Fire Service are here but they are unable to quench it,” he said.
At the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire incident cannot be ascertained.
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