Police arrest father of six for sexually assaulting his neighbour’s 9-year-old daughter in Anambra

A 47-year-old married father of six has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl.

WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the suspect identified as Alphonsus Peter, a resident of Demsawo,Yola Noth, was arrested on Monday, March 29.

This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje.

The PPRO said the suspect took advantage of his neighbour’s absence and lured their daughter into his room where he sexually assaulted her.

“Luckily her cried attracted the attention of a Good Samaritan which resulted to his arrest by the Police attached to Doubeli Division. Investigations so far revealed that the suspect is a father of six and a neighbor to the victim’s parent.”

The Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, while commending DPO Doubeli and the Good Samaritans for exposing and making it impossible for criminal of such to escape arrest , equally directs further investigations into the case.