A 35-year-old artisan in Ichi, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State has been arrested by the police for defiling an eight-year-old primary two girl.
According to the mother of the victim, the suspect, Tochukwu, took advantage of the fact that he was engaged to do some plumbing job at the residence where parents of the victim were tenants to perpetuate the alleged act.
She said the little girl came back from the school on Friday and she sent her to go and bring food from the kitchen near where the suspect was doing his plumbing job. She explained that as the girl wasted some time to come back from the kitchen she (the mother) dozed off at the sitting room because she was already feeling too weak and needed rest.
The victim said the suspect waylaid her as she was coming back to ease herself before going to the kitchen and allegedly began to romance her and finally defiled her in the presence of her younger brother, 6, who later reported the act to their mother hours later.
Father of the victim, Mr Chinwendu Sunday Elom, a trader said it was later discovered that the girl was bleeding from her private part and was rushed to a private hospital for medication, even though as at the time of filing this report Elom said no laboratory test had been conducted on the victim to know her health status.
He also said the incident was reported to Ichi police station where the suspect was detained for further investigation