A 30-year-old man, named Jomaph, has been arrested after he was caught on a surveillance camera raping an 11-year-old girl in Sapele, Delta State.
The incident occurred along Oleh Road in the timber town at about 7 a.m., on Wednesday morning, the victim whose name wasn’t given had gone to the toilet that morning to urinate, she returned minutes later crying that she had been defiled by a man named Jomaph, who happens to be their neighbour.
However, Jomaph denied the incident totally. A source who lived in the same compound said, “He even swore that he had not set eyes on the girl that morning. Other neighbours pleaded with him to admit to the crime if really he had done it.”
“He vehemently refused and even went to the Police to arrest the girl and her people for defamation of character, unknown to him, a CCTV camera installed by a neighbour for his business exposed him.”
“The Police had invited the girl and her parents to the station and were in the process of investigating the allegation when the neighbour came up with the CCTV footage” the source added.
A source at the Sapele Police Station confirmed the arrest, he said “Yes, the young man was arrested after a CCTV confirmed he sneaked into the toilet, with the little girl. The matter is under investigation.”
