The Anambra State Police Command has disclosed that three (3) suspects arrested in connection for their involvement in separate incidents of defilement of three children with age ranging from 5 to 14 will soon be arraigned in court.
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesman for the Anambra Police Command disclosed that were apprehended at areas of the state. He noted that the State Criminal Investigation Department’s Gender Unit has already established incontrovertible evidence for the prosecution of the suspects.
According to the statement, “The Anambra State Police operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Gender Unit have secured evidence for the prosecution of three arrested suspects in separate incidents of defilement reported in Eziowele, Oba and Ogidi Divisions of the State.
“The cases are police operatives attached to the Oba Division on August 19, 2025, who arrested one Ihechiluru Okorie over a case of defilement of a 14-year-old girl. The suspect confessed to forcibly having carnal knowledge of the victim when she came to barb her hair in his shop.
“Secondly, on August 13, 2025, police operatives attached to the Eziowelle Division arrested one Chidubem Udem ‘M’, aged 28 years, over the defilement of a five-year-old girl.
“Investigations revealed that the suspect visited the victim at her grandmother’s house, where he forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her. The victim was immediately taken to the hospital, where a medical examination confirmed a case of defilement.
“Furthermore, on August 28, 2025, one Kalu Ilo ‘M’, aged 30 years, was arrested by Ogidi police operatives over defilement of a 13-year-old daughter of his neighbour, who is mentally challenged in Nkpor.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect allegedly went to the victim’s house, where he forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl.”
According to Ikenga, all suspects are in custody and shall be chargedin court on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.