Rape according to Wikipedia. ‘is a type of sexual
assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person
without that person's consent.
The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or against a person who is
incapable of valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, or
below the legal age of
consent’
The above definition fix perfectly to what happened to a
14-year old girl, Ujunwa Nwolisa in Nkpor, Idemmili North local government
area, Anambra state on Saturday, who was allegedly gang-raped by three
men.
It was gathered that , Nwolisa had gone to fetch firewood in company of two other under aged
boys at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in the town before she was accosted
by the three men who were security guards of the church and reportedly raped at
machete point.
This incident was
confirmed by the Anambra Police Command. The Police spokesman, PPRO
Emeka Chukwuemeka , a CSP said investigations are ongoing and once
investigations are concluded the suspects would be arraigned before a court of
competent jurisdiction.
The Divisional Police Officer, DPO in charge of Ogidi
Division, Mr Abubakar Isa also confirmed the incident and that one of the
suspects was arrested by the local vigilance group in charge of Isingwu road,
where Nwolisa family resides and handed over to the Ogidi police station.
The girl amidst sobs narrated her ordeal to newsmen
saying they were gathering firewood and picking cashew fruits that fell on the
ground inside the church compound when three security operatives of the church
emerged from nowhere and accused them of plucking the fruits.
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