Landlord’s son goes into hiding after being caught in failed rape attempt, victim’s father alerts police
A young man identified simply as Junior has fled his father’s house after his alleged failed attempt to rape the 15-year-old daughter of a tenant in Elele community in Ikwerre Council in Rivers.
Junior reportedly first enquired from the girl and her sibling aged eight last Friday if their father was coming back home that night, and they informed him that their father would not return.
A neighbour disclosed that at about 1am the next day (Saturday morning), Junior allegedly broke into the house of the tenant and reached for the 15-year-old who was lying down with her siblings.
“He started romancing her and removing her underwear. At this point, the girl woke up when she felt a hand touching her underwear and grabbed Junior’s hand. But Junior punched her and escaped through the window,” he narrated to The PUNCH.
The source said the teenage girl switched on her torchlight and saw that the fleeing man was the landlord’s son and raised an alarm that attracted neighbours to the scene.
The girl’s father, Felix, confirmed that “I have reported the matter to the Elele Police Division. He (Junior) broke into my house at midnight in my absence and made attempts to rape my daughter who is 15 years old.
“He ran away after what he did because we have not seen him after that day.”
Rivers Police Command spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko said was yet to get a report of the incident, but promised to find out and get back to our correspondent, which she had not done at the time of filing this story.
– The PUNCH.
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