In Daddare Development Area, Obi LGA, Nigerian Police agents assigned to the Obi Division in Nasarawa State have detained a 75-year-old man named Isa Nana Okpoku for raping his 4-year-old niece.
Okpoku was reportedly detained as a result of a report made on Saturday, December 10 at around 8:00 a.m. to the Divisional Police Headquarters in Obi.
According to a statement from the police command’s public relations officer, DSP Ramham Nansel in Lafia, preliminary investigation showed that the suspect took advantage of his niece living in the same house, lured the victim into his room, and willfully engaged in illicit carnal knowledge with the child.
The victim according to the statement was however, rushed to the hospital for medical examination where the doctor confirmed the hymen broken.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Maiyaki Mohammed Baba has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the dastardly act in which upon conclusion, the suspect will be charged to court for prosecution.