A 21-year-old man, Uchechukwu Obura, a native of Egushi in Ebyia-Unupfu community, Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has been arrested for raping a six-year-old girl.

The suspect, while confessing to the crime at the Neighborhood Vigilante office, Nkaliki Sub-urban, in Abakaliki, told reporters that he lured the little miss Nwifuru (other names withheld) into their bathroom, where he undressed her and had carnal knowledge of her.

“I took her to the bathroom when I wanted to bath and pulled off her wears and had sex with her. It was an eyewitness who saw us that reported to her parents,” Obura confessed.

He claimed that he was led by the devil to commit such unholy act and appealed to the family to forgive him.

The father of the victim, Mr. Nwifuru Joseph Chukwuma, expressed displeasure over the development, lamenting that he never believed that such an incident would befall his daughter.

He vowed to pursue the case through all relevant authorities so that it would serve as a deterrent to others.

“I have been living in the same yard with Uchechukwu for over six years now, but I feel so pained that he engaged my little daughter into such trauma and at first, he denied it until we went to the hospital where it was confirmed.

“We are from the same place, but I appeal that the law takes its course in this issue so that it will serve as a deterrent to others who nurse such unholy act,” Chukwuma said.

The Chief Security Officer of Nkaliki Neighbourhood Watch Vigilante, Mr. Ekene Fred Onele, called on people of the area to always report their case at the appropriate time as his office would leave no stone unturned to ensure that all forms of ill acts are wiped out from the area.