FROM OUR CRIME DESK(ANAMBRA)

Ejima, (other names unknown) who was one of the notorious killer’s squads in the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad at Awkuzu (SARS), Anambra State Police Command has been caught up with nemesis following his arrest over an alleged case of serial defilement of minors in the State of Anambra.

The randy officer was arrested at Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State by the vigilante and upon his arrest, he was handed over to the police for possible interrogation cum prosecution.

247thirdeye.com itching ears learned that the five minors (underaged children) who were defiled by the blood-soaked ex-officer are from four different parents, and they are between the ages of five to eleven years and are all from Ebonyi State.

One of the little children while narrating their ordeal to our correspondent, said Ejima, had requested them on different occasions to come over to his house to rest after asking them to fetch water for him.

“He later asked the oldest two among us to cook for him while he asked the youngest to sleep on the bed and the other on a mat respectively.

“While we were busy with the assignments he gave us, we observed him defiling those who were sleeping. He even requested we join in the show.” one of them submitted.

In why they did not raise alarm, two of the victims said the ex-SARS personnel warned them not to with threat to either beat or kill them.

The victim’s parents, on their part, said the news of the defilement came to them as a rude shock, saying they least expected such an act from the suspect.

Commenting under rude shock, the father of the two victims who never wanted his name in print has these to say, “when I got back from church, my wife told me that the children she sent to go fetch water at a nearby compound were yet to be back several hours after.

“We looked for them everywhere and quickly decided to involve the local vigilante for a wider search.

“It was later in the evening that my children came back alongside other kids within the neighborhood and when I accosted them, they confessed they were defiled.

While revealing that the suspect used to visit his wife’s mini restaurant, where he normally played with the kids, the visibly devastated man said they never suspected he would be involved in such.

Parents to the other victims, petty traders, and a tailor respectively, said the suspect had been in the habit of moving out with girls, both young and old, but said they never thought he would be involved with kids.

Efforts to reach the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, could not be established as his phone lines were not picked up nor was the message sent responded to.

Commenting on the matter, the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo, frowned on the development even as she warned that anyone found guilty of such a crime would not go unpunished.

She cautioned parents and caregivers to always be vigilant and careful about who they leave their wards with.

“Once the law finds the suspect guilty of the crime leveled against him, he will not go unpunished. We warn others who are using their positions to perpetuate crime to desist forthwith or face the full wrath of the law,” she warned.