The operatives of the Imo state command of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad have arrested a 60-year-old man, Onyekwere Umunna, for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, in a statement on Wednesday in Owerri, said that the suspect had confessed to the crime.

The statement said that the suspect was arrested by the operatives of the SARS in Akokwa in the Ideato North Local Government Area of the state.

The suspect, the statement said hails from Achara in the Obowo LGA of the state while the defiled girl is a native of Ndiakaemeuno Arondizuogu in the Ideato North LGA.

The police spokesperson informed that the suspect would be prosecuted at the conclusion of the investigations.

He said,

“On August 6,2019, at about 5:45pm,the operatives of the Special Anti -Robbery squad ,SARS, Akokwa annex, while responding to a distress call all arrested one ONYEKWERE UMUNNA, 60yrs old, of Achara, in Obowo LGA, who was alleged to have defiled one SOPURUCHI EMENUGHA 7yrs old of Ndiakaemeuno Arondizuogu in Ideato North LGA.”

“The suspect has however confessed to the crime, while the victim has been taken hospital for medical examination/treatment”

Our correspondent gathered that the suspect had been transferred to the command headquarters in Owerri for the continuation of the investigation and possible prosecution.