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 specialized in using
commercial buses to rob passengers.
Source: The Punch
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