By Eumu Emmanuel
Police in Apac District are holding a 43 year – old man over allegations of defiling a 7 year- old step daughter.
The suspect identified as Patrick Omara,a businesses man at Ayera Trading center in Awila parish,Akokoro sub county,was arrested on Friday evening after he was caught sexually abusing the minor in his shop.
The victim is a pupil at Awila primary school.Eyewitnesses said Omara committed the offense at the time when the mother of the victim,who is a fishmonger,had left home for the landing site to buy fish.
Maxwell Akora ,a causal laborer at sadeem Alkuwait,told investigation that the mother of the victim returned from the landing site and found the suspect locked up in the house before she raised alarm.
” She returned home and found the house locked when she peeped through the window”, she found her husband molesting the little girl and then raised alarm which attracted many people Omara tired to run away but was arrested.He was beaten up before being rushed to Awila police outpost,” he explained on Sunday.
Bosco waca,a resident in the area claimed that the victim alleged that her stepfather had defiled her eight times and incatened to kill her upon disclosure
” This Little girl told us that Omara used to sleep with her while wielding a machete and threatening to kill her if she reported him to her mother”, waca told these website the A day before Apac District police Commander ( DPC ) Rodgers Kapere confirmed that the suspect was under police custody.
” The suspect was transferred to the CPS here and the case was registered under CRB 643/2024 Investigation have already commenced .once complete the file will be forwarded to the state attorney for further management”, he said on Saturday.