I Only Used Fingers – Says Man, 30, Caught Inserting Finger Inside Private Part Of Girl, 9

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

A 30-year old man,Henry Ukwueze, who allegedly caught with a 9-year old girl, has confessed to the Police that he only used his fingers to penetrate her private part to avoid being accused of sexually abusing her because she is still a minor.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that Ukwueze made the confession after he was allegedly caught molesting his neighbour’s girl and handed over to the Police for rape.

The incident happened at Emma Akuku Estate, Isashi area of Lagos, where they reside.

The Police alleged the suspect, Ukwueze, to have lured the little girl to his apartment and inserted his fingers into her private part before he was caught in the act.

The parents of the victim reported the assault to the Police in the area; he was arrested and handed over to the Gender Section of the Police Command for further investigation.

During interrogation, Ukwueze told Police that he did not penetrate her but only used his fingers to do so to avoid being accused of abusing her.

The Police found him culpable and subsequently charged him before the Ogba Magistrates Court for statutory rape, which attracts several years imprisonment if he is tried and found guilty before Court for the alleged offence.

However, the Court did not take his plea after the prosecutor, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, asked the Court to refer the matter to the DPP for advice.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. O. A. Ajibade, ordered his remand in correctional centre at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending the outcome of the DPP report.

The Court also directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send it to DPP while the defendant will be in custody pending the outcome of DPP’s report, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.

The matter was adjourned till 29th February, 2021, for report of the DPP to be available.