Delta police launch manhunt for father who allegedly masterminded gang-rape of his 16-year-old daughter after accusing her of theft

The Delta State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a father who allegedly arranged for his 16-year-old daughter to be gang-raped.

The suspect identified as John accosted the victim on the road while on an errand for her mother and accused her of conniving with her Mother to steal his N50,000.

The suspect was said to have earlier beaten the mother of the victim mercilessly in her rented apartment and thereafter met the daughter on the road. He dragged the daughter into his house where he allegedly arranged for some boys to inflict multiple injuries on her before the suspects who are also at large allegedly took their turns raping her. Some persons in the neighbourhood broke into the room, rescued the girl and rushed her to the state hospital in Ogwashi Uku where she is currently receiving treatment.

Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday April 20, said it was the mother of the girl that reported the matter to the police. According to him, the police can not confirm the authenticity of the story since statements were yet to be extracted from the father and daughter

Meanwhile, activist Harrison Gwamnishi also confirmed the incident, adding that pictures of the victim are too bad to share. “My mother had sent me to her sister to tell her how my father beat her and it was on my way that my father met me and took me to the house and locked me inside where the boys inflicted wounds and he, my father shaved my hair,” the girl was quoted as saying.