A 43-year-old bus conductor, Ikechukwu Ekenta, has been arrested for allegedly defiling his four-year-old daughter at their residence in the 3-3 area of Onitsha, Anambra State.
The suspect, who hails from Imo State, was nabbed by the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, in collaboration with security agencies.
This was disclosed in a statement from the office of the Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Ndidi Mezue, released yesterday in Awka.
Ekenta was alleged to have committed the act when the mother of the girl was in an undisclosed hospital, where she was delivered of a baby.
The statement read: “The mother of the girl returned from the hospital where she was delivered of a baby girl. On getting home, she discovered that her first daughter was feeling pains in her private parts.
“She demanded to know what happened, the girl of four disclosed to her disbelief, that the father had fingered her and also had carnal knowledge of her
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