The 60-year-old security officer accused of abducting and raping a teenager has been arrested by men of the Rivers State Police Command.
Recall that Mgbechi Wekwea, a staff in the security department of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Rumulomeni, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area allegedly abducted and raped a 16-year-old girl on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
It was gathered that the accused abducted the teenager at gunpoint and raped her because of her mother’s refusal to marry him.
According to Mrs Edwin Kindness, who is a widow, Mr Wekwe had asked for her hand in marriage but she later opted out of the marriage deal because she was no longer comfortable with his character.
The widow alleged that the man threatened to kill her for opting out of the marriage deal and accused her daughter of being the reason.
Mrs Edwin alleged that on the said day, Mr Wekwe with some boys abducted her daughter at gunpoint in front of her work place at Aluu, Ikwerre LGA at about 6:00pm and took her to Rumuakunde in Emohua LGA where she was raped.
She said she saw her daughter on Friday 15th January 2021, two days after the incident. She made complaints to the Police after her daughter told her what transpired .
Recall also that a human right group, Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign had called on the university to hand the suspect over to the police without further delay.
The group in a statement issued by its coordinator, Prince Wiro, on Thursday, January 28, expressed worry that over a week after the Aluu Divisional Police headquarters wrote to the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ozo -Mekuri Ndimele, about the incident, the security personnel was yet to be handed over to the Police.
Mr Wiro said the group was disturbed that the security personnel who as at then was not under any form of investigation as he was still reporting to work and taking refuge in the institution despite the weight of the allegation against him.
The group had alleged that the accused called the mother of the victim on phone informing her that the school will not hand him over to the police as he enjoys the protection and love of some highly placed individuals in the university, in particular, the chief security officer.
The group also threatened to take series of legitimate actions which may include peaceful protest to the University if the suspect was not handed over to the Police on or before January 31, 2021.
On the latest development on Friday, human right group, Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign, said the suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Port Harcourt.
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