Suspect Who Raped, Killed 8 Year-Old Escapes From Police Net

Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that the undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) who allegedly raped and killed an eight-year-old girl in Rivers State escaped from custody.

The man who escaped from Police Custody has, however, been declared wanted by Police for the death of the girl supposedly for rituals.

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr Zaki Ahmed, confirming the escape to newsmen, said the suspect fled on Sunday evening.

He said the suspect suddenly took to his heels and disappeared into darkness while he was being interrogated and prepared to be moved to where he would be detained at the state’s Criminal Investigation Department.

Ahmed, however, disclosed that a man hunt had been put in motion by the Police Command to arrest the fleeing suspect.

The suspect, one Ifeanyi, had reportedly cut off the vital parts of the deceased before he was apprehended by security operatives on Saturday morning.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, had said that the suspect was on his way to dispose of the remains of the girl before he was arrested.

Omoni warned parents to monitor the movements of their children and be wary of those they allow to have access to them.

The father of the girl, who was part of the search and rescue team since his daughter disappeared on Friday, had identified the suspect as his cousin. 

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