The Nigeria Police dismissed Inspector Joseph Etuk,
who was attached to Mkpat Enin Police Division, Akwa Ibom State, for the rape
of a 15-year-old girl.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr.
Chukwu Ikechukwu, said on Thursday that he had it from good authority that Etuk
was dismissed in April 2017.
He said, “From the reliable information available to
us, the man was dismissed on the last week of April 2017.”
Punch had on July 19, 2016, reported of a schoolgirl,
Mary Udo, who was raped at gunpoint by the dismissed inspector.
A youth president in the area, Mr. Tony Akpan, told
our correspondent that there was great jubilation in the area over the
dismissal of the alleged rapist inspector.
“Etuk has been dismissed by the police in relation to
the rape case of the 15 years old school girl. He was still having about two or
three years to retirement.
“I think this is the best the force can do to instil
discipline amongst the corps,” he said.
Udo, a senior secondary one pupil of Community
Secondary School then, Nyadion, Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom
State, had on July 18, 2016, told mannamart.blogspot.com that she was returning
from church, African Church, Ikot Abasi-Akpan, when the police team that stood
on the road, accosted her.
She explained that the inspector, having seen her,
raised up the gun, set it and pointed it at her, saying if she dared resist him
touching her he would shoot her. Udo said the inspector then led her away from
other members of the team to a dark portion of the road.
The SS One pupil added that the policeman forcefully
ran his fingers through her breasts, lamenting ‘small girl you possess these
types of breasts!’ She stated that the policeman ordered her to undress as he
was still pointing a gun at her.
“After he had forced me to remove my clothes, he
ordered me to lie down and open my legs. And what I noticed was that he brought
out his penis and inserted it into my vagina. As he was romping over me, he
forbade me crying as he threatened to shoot me if I should open my mouth.
“But when I could not bear the pains any longer as
blood was running out of my private part, he quickly took me into the vehicle
and drove to the station, where he detained me from Thursday till Saturday. It
was my uncle, Dr. Ime Stephen that came from Abuja and bailed me out with
N10,000,” she said.
But the uncle to the girl, Dr. Ime Stephen, demanded
official statement about Etuk’s dismissal from the police authority, saying
Etuk’s dismissal from the force must be made public.
He added that a case an inspector raped an innocent
school girl, detained her for three days in an attempt to cover up the rape
case, was a serious matter.
He added that it was the height of insensitivity and
abuse of office for the inspector to detain the girl and demanded N100,000 bail
before the girl could be released.
No comments:
Post a Comment