The Rivers State police command has arrested a 16-year-old student who raped his 11-year-old female colleague on the school premises in the Rumukwurusi area of Port Harcourt last Friday.
According to the report, the accused carried out the act openly while his male colleagues looked on.
Shortly after committing the act, the boy was said to have scaled the school fence to escape but was later caught by the school authorities while the girl was taken to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.
The mother of the victim who confirmed the incident while speaking on a local radio station called on the school authorities and the state government to ensure the perpetrator faced justice.
“The school should provide the boy that did that thing, and I want justice for my daughter. I’m a widow, and I don’t have anybody. It is just me and my children.
“They should provide the boy. He should not go free at all because maybe he has been doing it to other people but he will not go free this time. And I want people to help me,” she said.
The woman, who is a widow, stated that she got a distress call from the school inviting her to report immediately.
On getting there, she said she saw her daughter bleeding profusely.
“I got a call from the school that I should come because it was an emergency. I had to rush to the school. When I got there, I saw my daughter bleeding seriously. The bleeding was too much.
“I had to secure my daughter first by bringing her to the hospital while the boy was still in the school custody. They said they will hold the boy for me. The doctors have not said anything yet.
Spokesperson for the state police command, Mrs Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident, saying the male student and transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department.
“The outcome of our investigation would be made known subsequently,” she added.
