The Anambra State Police command have arrested a man identified as a pastor for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl.
The pastor who is also a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, was said to have turned the girl into a sex slave after she was brought as a house help to help him out with house chores as his family was based in Abuja.
A source revealed to DAILY POST that, “Nobody knew what was happening until on Wednesday night, when the girl jumped down from the two-storey building they reside in, to escape rape after the man came to her to make advances.
“She is currently in the hospital receiving treatment as she fractured her leg, after jumping down from the height.
“We are calling for justice for the little girl, as she has been able to speak to some neighbours from her hospital bed, saying that from the very day she came to the man’s house, he started sleeping with her.
“The girl said on Wednesday, after taking care of the house chores, she was about to go to bed when the man came again. She excused herself that she wanted to ease herself, and while the man was making phone call, she used the toilet window to jump down.”
Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga said the suspect have been arrested
He said the full detail of the incident will be made available to journalists once it was ready.
