Policeman In Detention Over Alleged Rape In Imo

A police corporal, Chigozie Odenigbo is said to be presently in detention at the Police Command, Owerri, for allegedly raping a nursing mother, Mrs Maureen Anya Lebechi, recently.

The woman who revealed her encounter with the police corporal, said that she was stranded after searching unsuccessfully for the residence of a relation at Umuguma in Owerri Local Government Area of Imo State and had stopped by at the nearest police post in the area to take shelter as it was already late into the night.

According to her, while at the station, Corporal Odenigbo offered to take her to a building owned by a fellow retired police officer. Not suspecting any bad  intentions,  she followed him.

She said that on their way to the supposed retired police officer’s residence, the corporal stopped abruptly  along a bush path and ordered her to remove her clothes. When she refused, she said that the corporal pounced on her, beating her and threatening her with his gun before having his way.

The state police commissioner, Adisa Bolanta, has assured that justice would prevail if the officer was guilty of the allegation.

The state Police Public Relation Officer, Vitalis Onugu , who confirmed  the incident  said that an “orderly room trial “ of the police officer had begun, adding that if the officer was guilty of the allegation,  he would be made to face the law.

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