When the girl who had never been sexually active before boarded the boat, her uncle had the audacity to push himself on her and deflowered her
At the slaughter axis of Swali Market in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, on Sunday, May 18, a man was taken into custody for the act of defiling his niece, who is 14 years old.
The incident took place inside a local boat. “The little girl was sent to the Swali market by her mother to meet her uncle, who manages a wooden local boat at the waterside to collect snails from the river,” according to reports from neighbours of the region.
The girl was reportedly sent there by her mother. Sadly, when the girl who had never been sexually active before boarded the boat, her uncle had the audacity to push himself on her and deflowered her. As soon as the market security agents became aware of the occurrence, they placed the man was arrested.
After being stripped naked, chained behind his back with his hands, and beaten with a cane, he confessed to the crime and appealed for compassion from the authorities when he was arrested.
The young girl was crying bitterly when she was challenged by the market woman, who was the first person to address the man. When the market woman questioned the young girl why she was crying, the small girl responded that her mother had sent her to the uncle to pick up snails for her, but the man, instead, sexually assaulted her.
She said, “I met the girl on the road and she was crying bitterly and when I asked her why she’s crying, she told me that her uncle raped her. She said her mother sent her to her uncle to pick up a snail.
“She even pleaded with the uncle that she’s still a virgin, but the man didn’t listen and still went ahead to defile her. This man is a wicked uncle; he has been doing it to other innocent girls in the area, but this one, he will never escape it; he must face the wrath of the law.”
The suspect has been handed over to the Bayelsa State Police Command.