8-Year-Old Girl Found Unconscious In Mobile Policeman’s Apartment
A mobile policeman accused of being a ritualist shocked residents of Olufowobi Street, Ketu area of Lagos state after an eight-year-old girl was found under his bed all tied up and injured.
The policeman, Augustine Gbuchenge, with Force number 400823 attached to Police Mobile Force 22, apparently is a neighbor to his victim's family who was said to have sent the girl on an errand, but pulled the girl into his room on her way to run an errand for her mother.
He was later challenged by the girl's father and other neighbors about the girl's whereabout when they had searched tirelessly for the girl. An argument ensued with the accused denying seeing the girl which led him to taking it aggressively and even threatened to call his colleagues for backup over wrong accusation of abduction.
The father of the victim, Patrick, while narrating what happened that fateful day said upon his return from work at about 7:30pm when he asked for his daughter, Amarachi he was told she was probably sleeping, but not satisfied with the response he got, decided to ask around, which led to other kids informing him that the Policeman had earlier sent his daughter to help him buy akara.
Patrick who said after challenging the policeman with him denying the allegations decided to report the matter at the police station, where a police corporal accompanied him back to my house saying:
"We were able to beam a torchlight through his window where we saw my daughter’s legs pointing out from under the bed”.
The policeman's door was immediately broken down by some neighbors where the girl was pulled out from underneath his bed with a piece of cloth stuffed into her mouth to prevent her from shouting while bleeding profusely due to the broken skull she suffered.
Narrating her ordeal, Amarachi said, “Gbuchenge asked me to buy akara for him. After I returned, my mum asked me to go upstairs to do the dishes. As I was going, the man pulled me from behind and took me into his room.
“He then tied me up. He did not rape me. After sometime, my parents started shouting my name and calling me, the policeman used an iron to hit me in the head repeatedly and then pushed me under the bed and used clothes to cover me. Under the bed, I saw little children’s clothes.
“He then turned on his generator so that even if I tried to shout, no one would hear. After sometime, he left. I continued to hear my father’s voice and I struggled to push my leg from under the bed. That was how they saw me and rescued me.”
Meanwhile neighbors have described Gbuchenge who is married with kids but lives alone as a very strange person who they suspected had the intention of using his victim for ritual purpose.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, who confirmed the incident said all efforts were put in place to determine his authenticity as a police officer.
She said, “I heard of the wicked act. MOPOL 22, which is where the complainant claims the suspect works has been contacted. However, the commander in charge of MOPOL 22 said there was no person with such a name or identity in his squadron.
“Meanwhile, we have sent signals to other police departments and stations to ascertain if the man is actually a serving policeman. The act is inhuman and the suspect will never go unpunished.”
This is coming one week after a police sergeant was accused of raping the 13-year-old daughter of a popular pastor at Ukpor in Anambra State.
Source: Legit.ng
