Police Parade 80-Year-Old Man For Defiling Minor, 24 Suspects

Police Parade 80-Year-Old Man For Defiling Minor, 24 Suspects

The Plateau State Police Command on Thursday paraded 24 suspects, among them is an 80-year-old man who allegedly defiled an eleven-year-old child in his room in Jos.

While parading the suspects, the Commissioner of Police, CP Julius Okoro said all the arrests were made possible through intelligent gathering.

“On 09/10/2023 we received information that one Peter Ashom an 80 years old man lured an 11yrs old girl into his room and attempted to have carnal knowledge of her under the pretense of sending her on errands,”

“Other sets of Suspects were kidnappers; a kingpin among them was a 17-yearly school dropout who killed five five-year-olds in his new neighbours in Gyel Jos South local government area.

The Police Commissioner said the kidnappers demanded 5 million, but the parents paid 400,000 naira through an account of a woman who happened to be the mother of the kingpin kidnapper.

“On 13/10/2023 at about 0900hrs, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Jos received a phone call that one Dawon Pam ‘m’ 5yrs old is missing and that all search throughout the night proved abortive.

“But that in the morning of 14/10/2023 at about 0540hrs, a pair of shoes belonging to the victim was found close to a handwritten note stating that “If he wants his child, he should give Five Million Naira (N5,000,000.00) and that he should not call them but he should send a text message through the phone number below”.

“The below GSM phone number was attached: 08186135490. Upon receipt of the report, a team of Police operatives led by SP Okala Ugbede swung into action and was able to trace the kidnappers on 23/10/2023 and arrested one of the culprits, Elijah Anthony ‘m’ aged 17yrs of the same address who upon interrogation admitted and confessed to have conspired with one AKA Malic ‘m’ of no fixed address and kidnapped the victim from his father’s compound to an uncompleted building in the community where they kept him and tied his mouth with elastic dural cloth to stop him from shouting.

“He also confessed that after collecting the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N400,000.00) from the victim’s parents, his accomplice the said