The young girl, said to be two
months pregnant told her parents last Saturday who was responsible for her
pregnancy.
According to a close family source,
who does not want to be quoted, the girl told her parents that the policeman
had threatened her against telling anyone about the affair.
The source said the threat made her
keep the secret until few days ago when she complained to her mother about some
symptoms, which after thorough investigation led to her confession of being
pregnant.
According to reports, the policeman
initially denied the allegation and was supported by the Divisional Police
Officer, DPO, which made the victim’s parents to petition a human rights group
and the state Commissioner of Police.
After the petition, the policeman
was said to have accepted responsibility and agreed to take care of the girl
till delivery.
He promised to be giving the girl’s
family N20,000 monthly for the girl’s up keep, which the father turned down,
demanding N300,000 to enable him take proper care of her daughter till
delivery.
In the girl’s statement to her
parents, she was quoted as saying that the policeman ordered her at gunpoint to
have sex with him on her way from school, a claim the suspect denied, saying
the action was carried out mutually between them and not by force.
When contacted, the state PPRO,
Emeka Chukwuemeka confirmed that the command received such report but said
investigations were ongoing with a view to ascertaining the level of
culpability of the said policeman.
The command image‑maker, stated that
proper investigation in the matter was necessary, because the state
Commissioner of Police, Usman Gwary, does not tolerate acts of indiscipline by
his officers and men.
According to him, “the matter is
under investigation and I will brief the press on it later.”
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