A MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER LURING A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL VIA THE INTERNET

In Akwa Ibom State, a man was arrested after luring a 14-year-old girl via the internet, abducting, raping, and impregnating her five times

Mr. Honest Okon Ufokiko, 37, of Ibeno Local Government Area, has been arrested by the Eket Area Command Police for allegedly kidnapping and trafficking a 14-year-old girl, Miss Enobong Udotal.

Mr. Ufokiko was arrested over the week by a police crack team led by Inspector Wisdom Ndak in response to a petition by the Child's Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) to the Police Commander of Eket Area Command after the victim went to the Organization and lodged her complaints.

The victim is an Effoi orphan who lost both parents. Eket accused the perpetrator of luring her online while claiming to be her biological father. She claimed she was a student at Connelly Cornelia College Uyo and a resident of a government orphanage home in Uyo when she was lured and kidnapped in 2019.

She claimed that the suspect not only raped her, but also impregnated her five times and forced her to have three consecutive abortions, one of which nearly cost her life. She also told the police that Mr. Ufokiko frequently forced her to sleep with different men since she was kidnapped while collecting the proceeds, and that when she gave birth to a child, he forced it on one of his clients, a high-profile politician in the state, and forced him to pay him monthly child support in 2019.

Miss Enobong also told the police that she wanted to flee when she was tired of being held captive, but Mr. Ufokiko riffled and manhandled her. This resulted in her body injuries, fractured her left arm despite the fact that he was aware she was carrying a two-month-old pregnancy, and was only rescued by neighbors when he threatened to strangle her. She claimed her captor warned her not to act strangely or report the incident to the police because it would be a futile effort because he was well-connected and would not hesitate to use charms from his witch doctors to harm her.