By Austin Ogwuda
Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass has disclosed that a Private School Proprietor in Delta State earlier arrested and charged to court for allegedly defiling a 4-year old girl in his school is currently facing fresh investigation.
The Police Chief said the case was withdrawn from the court to enable fresh and discrete investigation besides the earlier one carried out.
The CP who spoke through the State command’s spokesman Bright Edafe a deputy Superintendent of Police gave a vivid account of what transpired in a press statement made available to newsmen.
The statement reads in full:
“The Command is aware of a viral publication posted on various social media handles on the alleged defilement of a 4yr old child (Name withheld) by one Innocent Ezeukwu ‘m’ aged 46yrs the proprietor of the Great Leader International school where the child is schooling.
“For clarity and for members of the public not to be misinformed, the Command wishes to state as follows: “On 5th October 2023 at about 1700hrs, one Mrs. Joy Chukwudi reported that while she was bathing her 4-year-old daughter, she discovered a blood stain in the private part of her daughter.
“Upon questioning, her daughter kept stating that “HER UNCLE USED SCHOOL SCISSORS TO CUT HER ON HER PRIVATE PART”. Upon receipt of this complaint, the Area commander Agbor detailed a team of investigators to proceed to the scene of the alleged crime.
“The suspect Innocent Ezeukwu who doubles as the owner of the school and also the only male teacher in the school was arrested and taken into custody.
Preliminary investigation led to the issuance of a medical report, and the initiation of an identification parade exercise where the suspect, Innocent Ezeukwu when placed amongst random men, was identified by the victim as the person who allegedly defiled her.
“Though the Area Command Agbor had concluded their investigation and charged the case to court, the Commissioner of Police Delta State CP Wale Abass directed the case be withdrawn from the court and immediately transferred to the State Criminal and Investigation Department (SCID) for further meticulously executed investigation.
The CP assures members of the public and the victim’s family that justice will be served; he further appeals that the public remains calm while the investigation is ongoing”, the statement added.
