Ubima Police Division in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State arrested Mr Eze Eleonu whose twelve year old daughter was allegedly defiled by Victor Elem in the community, on the alleged orders of the sister to the accused.
The arrest of the father of the 12 year old physically challenged defilement survivor comes barely twenty four hours after the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID; PortHarcourt arraigned Mr. Elem,the accused person in court who was remanded to Correctional Centre as Chief Magistrate V.L Kobani presiding over court Chief Magistrate Court 9 which the case was assigned to did not sit last week Friday.
In an interview with journalists after his released,Mr Eze Eleonu stated that he was on his way to buy food for his twelve year old daughter when some Police Officers Led by one Moses arrested him.
Mr. Eleonu narrated that the Police officers took him to station and asked him to make a statement that the sister to the accused person who allegedly defiled his physically challenged daughter reported that on the day of the incident,his wife and another witness to the alleged defilement incident, broke into the accused person's house and carted away 500,000 naira after the accused person was arrested.
Mr Eleonu said he wrote a statement to that effect and stated in writing he is innocent of the allegation against him by the accused person.
While stating that he was detained for over two hours noted it was a ploy to intimidate him to abandon the case of the alleged defilement of his twelve year old physically challenged daughter.
He called on Government and the public to come to his aide as there have been threats from some quarters on his life.
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