Man reportedly rapes 10-year-old girl in Delta community

<p>“The POS operator was also invited, and he said the officer requested him to transfer the money from the victim’s account to another one.”</p>, <p>A 37-year-old man, popularly known as 2 minutes, reportedly raped a 10-year-old in her grandfather’s house at Ovwo-Olomu Community, Ughelli South Local Government of Delta State.</p>, <p>“On sighting the police, the suspects opened fire on the team in a bid to escape, and the police professionally responded, neutralising two of the suspects in the process, while the other suspects abandoned the kidnapped couples in the vehicle and escaped.”</p>, <p>“We wrote to his bank and obtained his statement of account. We were able to trace the money to where the POS operator transferred it before transferring it to the officer’s account.</p>, <p>Upon his arraignment, he was remanded at the Bauchi correctional centre before he was eventually granted bail.</p>, <p>The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, said there was no rapist arrested at the station. According to him, “the incident could be reported but there is no confirmation that the suspect has been arrested.”</p>, <p>Speaking with journalists after the adjournment of the case, counsel to Idris, Barrister Ilellah attributed his absence in court to an undisclosed ailment, saying that, “The Imam was sick. That is why he could not attend the court sitting.”</p>, <p>The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the report in a statement signed and made available to newsmen.</p>, <p>He told DAILY POST in a telephone chat that his wife had observed semen on the victim’s panties when she went to the bathroom and inform him via a phone call.</p>, <p>An AK-47 rifle with breach number 16869, 46 rounds of 7.62 live ammunition, a pump-action gun, and 13 live cartridges were recovered from the gang.</p>, <p>“Unfortunately, the defendant could not come to court, but they have filed a notice of preliminary objection, challenging the jurisdiction of the court.</p>, <p>“We followed