A 50-year-old man has been arrested by the Police for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in Ubulu-Uku, Aniocha south local government area of the state.

The Guardian learnt that the minor was on an errand to her grandmother’s house when the Suspect allegedly messed her up on Wednesday last week

According to sources, the suspect was arrested at the weekend following a complaint lodged at Police Divisional Headquarters Ogwashi Uku where he was detained.

A community source said a family of the victim reported that the four-year-old child was defiled by a 50-year-old man. He said,”In the process, we took the child to a Government Hospital where she was examined and the Doctor confirmed that the child had been penetrated.

“We left the hospital and arrested the man and allowed the girl to show us who touched her and she pointed at the man.

“We immediately handed him to the Divisional Police Headquarters Ogwashi Uku where he’s currently detained. “

The mother narrated her ordeal saying: “So, on Wednesday, I went to Church because we have fasting and prayer. I told her before leaving that when you came back from school, you would not meet me, that you should go to grandmother’s house.

“So, after our fasting and prayer, I came back and decided to check whether she had come back from school.

“She called me and I said what? Because I wanted to take my evening bath before bathing her, she said her bombo was paining me.

“I demanded to see it and when I opened it, I saw sperm. I enquired to know who did it. She said that one brother had injury on his leg.

“I felt pained but I didn’t want to ask him. I was laying curses on him, I then went to report to my mother’s brother the following day.

“My mother told me to go to the Police at Ubulu-Uku, I went and I was told to go to the hospital for medical test. After that he said he is the one.”

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Edafe Bright, confirmed the arrest of the suspect.