Police arrest 11 suspects for rape, defilement in 1 week in Anambra

<p>The commissioner of Police in Anambra urged parents to pay great attention to things their children were exposed to.</p>, <span>Police arrest 11 suspects for rape, defilement in 1 week in Anambra (VanguardNG)</span>, <h2>The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Aderemi Adeoye, said the command has arrested and detained 11 suspects in various cases of rape and defilement reported in the last one week.</h2>, <p>In a statement issued on Monday, July 17, 2023 in Awka by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesman, the CP decried the rate of moral decadence in the society. He urged parents to pay greater attention to things their children were exposed to.</p>, <p>“On July 11, an obscene video clip that went viral showed a young lady, aged 19, being gang raped by a group of boys. Investigation revealed that the incident happened at Orama-etiti, Anam in Anambra West Local Government Area.</p>, <p>“The police at Otuocha collaborated with the local vigilance group in the area to arrest six suspects involved in the criminal act.</p>, <p>“They are Chinua Obikezie, 17, Collins Ogbodo, 19, Ifeanyi Chijoke, 17, Abuchi Ikechukwu, 17, Ezenwa Afam, 18, and Sunday Okafor, 27.</p>, <p>“Three other suspects implicated in the ignoble act are still at large. During interrogation, all the six suspects confessed to have taken part in the crime, ” he said.</p>, <p>Adeoye said that in a similar development, the Police while on patrol with a local vigilance group in Abagana on July 8 arrested three suspects on the allegation of raping a 15-year-old girl. He said that the suspects were Chimezie Odugwu, 21, Nnamdi Anodebe, 19, and Jude Onua, 48.</p>, <p>From the confession of the suspects, the victim was wandering around Abagana Junction when Chimezie lured her to Nnamdi’s house in the same locality and both of them had carnal knowledge of her.</p>, <p>“She left the suspect’s house in tears and the elderly suspect, Jude, on the pretext of sheltering her brought her to his house and raped her before she was rescued by the police and vigilan