The suspects
The
Edo State Police Command on Thursday paraded 32 suspected criminals,
including a man who claimed to be a pastor of a pentecostal church in
Orhiomwon Local Government, Fidelis Eze, who confessed to defiling two
underage girls.
Eze, who said he defiled the two 11-
year-old girls the same day, claimed that he had been forgiven of the
offence by one of his victim’s father.
Edo State Police Commissioner, Foluso
Balogun, lamented the rising cases of defilement of minors in the state
and called on members of the public to assist the command with useful
information in its fight against “criminal elements.”
He said, “We have about 32 suspects that
we are parading, including kidnappers and those involved in defilement
of girl-child; this is something that is very disturbing.
“This (pointing at Eze) is a pastor. He defiled two young girls; it is very nauseating.”
According to Eze, the act was committed in 2012.
He said, “It was sometime last year
which was when the two girls (Joy and Anthonia) came to my house. It was
Joy that brought Anthonia to my house. It was the same day that I had
sex with them and they agreed.
“The father of Joy got to know and he
called me and I pleaded for forgiveness and since then I have not seen
them again, they even packed out of our vicinity. It was this year
(July14) that the father came with policemen to arrest me.”
Also paraded for defiling an underage,
was a 42-year-old security guard, Segun Otaru, who confessed to having
sex with the daughter of his employee. He added that the act was
consensual.
He said, “The incident took place on
June 6, 2013. The girl had told the mother that she wanted to go to the
toilet. After few minutes, the mother came looking for her, that was how
she met us. The girl consented, I didn’t force her.”
Also paraded by the police were some
suspected kidnappers, and alleged criminals that specialised in using
commercial buses to rob passengers.
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