A teenage boy, Oghenetejiei Kosini, has been detained by police for the alleged sexual assault of a two-year-old girl, the daughter of his landlady.
The incident, confirmed by the Delta State Police Command, occurred on 12th December 2024, when the suspect allegedly took advantage of the mother’s absence to commit this heinous act. The child’s mother discovered the assault and reported the bleeding baby’s condition to the Orerokpe Police Division.
Despite his initial release, human rights activist Comrade Israel Joe intervened, leading to the suspect’s re-arrest. Comrade Joe criticised the police’s handling of the case, especially the Investigating Officer’s decision to release the suspect without proper medical checks, potentially jeopardising the investigation.
He said, “In a quest to frustrate the investigations, the IPO also allegedly refused to give them a form to go for a medical check up at the general hospital with an excuse that the said boy did not deny and had put it down on his statement that he actually did it.”
“Where on earth would the police condescend to a level of not carrying out proper investigation, holding to the confessional statement alone of a suspect that could be denied in court tomorrow?”