15 Year-0ld Boy Rape 4 Year-old Girl In Ebonyi
By Joyce Onuora Abakaliki
A Four year old girl (name withheld) from Ndioke Ishieke , Ebonyi
Local Government Area of the State, has been reportedly raped by 15
year old boy Earnest (surname withheld) in Ebonyi state
raised the alarm due to the growing number of rape and sexual abuses of
minors in the State.
Igwe, while expressing concern on the ugly incidence, noted that the little girl was allegedly abused by a boy of about 15
years in their own house .
Speaking with Journalists in Abakaliki, Mr Igwe narrated that that the
minor was brought to his office by the father, together with a consultant
physician from the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki who confirmed the
rape after medical examinations. He then called on parents to be wary
of people they entrust the care of their children to.
Igwe, who noted that the Ministry, under his department, is currently
handling many cases of such abuses, vowed to ensure that the perpetrators
were adequately punished in accordance with the law of the
State, pointing out that the law does not respect age in its prescription of punishment for such
offenders.
He then described the act of rape, especially of minors as a criminal
offence and an abomination before God.
His words: “This is a case of a minor of the first order; a child of about
four years.
“He was brought to me by a consulting physician from the Federal Teaching
Hospital, Abakaliki, by the father of the Child.
“They came to the Ministry to see the Commissioner in order to make a
passionate appeal to her to intervene in a matter of the case of rape of a
child of about four years.
“I directed them to write to the Commissioner which they did, and
afterwards, the Doctor narrated to me as the Head of Child development
department of the Ministry, how the child was brought to her at the
hospital for medical examination in respect of allegation of rape.
“She confirmed that after examining the child, she found out beyond any
shadow of doubt that the child was actually raped.
“The father will tell the story better but I am granting this interview
because I am not particularly happy the way our children are being sexually
abused and there is the need to address it squarely.
In the first place, parents will have to take seriously their God given
responsibility of caring for their children and of course, that the
perpetrators of the crimes of this nature should not go
without being punished according to the provisions of the law.
“At least in Ebonyi State, we have Violence against Persons prohibition Act
which was signed into law by the Executive Governor of the State, Engr. David
Nweze Umahi on April, 30, 2018.”
The victim’s father, Sunday Iteze, a native of Ndioke Ishieke in Ebonyi
Local Government area of the State corroborated the story and further
narrated that the rape was perpetrated by one Ernest, a boy of about 15 years
and a son to one of his co-tenants.
According to him, the boy undertook to look after the little girl and her
two other siblings while he and their mother left for their different works
on that very day but on return from work, they discovered that their
daughter was having pains while urinating.
Upon inquiry, they were told by their daughter how Ernest came into their
house while she was with her siblings and inserted his genitalia into her
own.
He further explained that the case was reported to the police who later
referred the matter to the Family law centre, Abakaliki.
