Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Samuel Etaifo Erale, has stated {that a} suspect, Ezekiel Pius, who was arrested by operatives over an alleged defilement of a 15-12 months-outdated girl, is not a police officer. CP Erale stated this in a WhatsApp message despatched to a DAILY POST correspondent in Warri.
The State Police boss, who is on a tour of the state, famous that the matter has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, for correct investigation.
According to him, “The suspect is not a police officer. The case has been transferred to SCID for proper investigation.”
It could be recalled that operatives from Effurun Area Command in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested the suspect, a faux Mobile Policeman on guard obligation at a personal college close to Regal Clinic alongside Jakpa Road in Effurun.
It was learnt that the suspect allegedly molested and took benefit of the sufferer a number of occasions, anytime she got here to high school and every time she was about to go residence, at their safety put up, with a risk to kill her if she ever reported the matter to anybody, together with her dad and mom.
It was gathered that the matter got here to the data of the sufferer’s father, after she confided in a buddy who reported the incident to her dad and mom.
Meanwhile, a Warri-based human rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe, in an announcement on his Facebook timeline, known as for a clear investigation into the matter to ensure that the suspect to face the total wrath of the legislation.
Joe additionally stated there needs to be an investigation into how the suspect received arms and police uniforms.
According to Joe, “Information available to me is that he isn’t a real police officer.”
