- She disclosed that the suspect had been evading arrest since 2022 when he committed the crime and also threatened the mother of the victim
One Anietie Tim has been apprehended for raping a 14-years-old girl in Onitsha, the Anambra State government has said.
The suspect was arrested after he evaded operatives of the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Children’s Welfare.
The suspect, who hails from Etinan in Akwa Ibom State, during interrogation said the minor was his girlfriend.
He also said he didn’t know the victim was a minor, stating that the girl was the one that lured him into the sexual, and as a full blooded man, he had to react to her advances.
He said: “She was my girlfriend, and she was always feeling hungry as her family was starving her, so she always comes to me.”
Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Ify Obinabo, who interrogated the suspect in her office, ordered that he be handed over to the police.
She disclosed that the suspect had been evading arrest since 2022 when he committed the crime and also threatened the mother of the victim.
She said: “He will be appearing before the Children, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Magistrate court in Awka to answer for his crime.
“The incident happened in 2022 after which the suspect has been evading arrest. He had on different occasions threatened the mother of his victim claiming to be untouchable.”