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Crime & Punishment of Friday, 9 October 2020

Source: punchng.com

How seven-man gang raped 13-year-old Rivers girl – Victim’s sister

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A family member of a 13-year-old girl has narrated how the victim was abducted and gang-raped by seven men gang in the old Port Harcourt town axis of Rivers State.

The victim’s elder sister, Charity Isaiah, who spoke on a radio station, 92.3 Nigeria Info, in Port Harcourt on Thursday, October 8, 2020 said the teenager was also battered.

Charity explained that one of the alleged rapists was their neighbour, adding that he called the young girl as if he wanted to send her on an errand.

The sister also alleged that her young sister was abducted for three months and was only found on September 18.

Charity said, “That evening she wanted to have a bath, the guy called her as though he wanted to send her a message. The guy then changed her clothes; wore his own on her and used something to cover her face.

“Together with his friends, they took her somewhere, where they slept with her every day. They gave her hard drugs to take and she was just there.”

She urged the police not to compromise in the investigation of the alleged crime.

The state police spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the incident, adding, “We are still investigating the matter.”