A man of 60 years and security guard in Abuja has
been arrested for sexually defiling a three-year-old daughter of his employer.
The man, old enough to be the grandfather of the
victim, even recorded the alleged indecent act on his camera phone, revealing
details of the sordid act and how exactly, he committed the offence.
The suspect has not given reasons why he recorded
the wicked act but the matter has been
reported to the police. The clip also showed the little girl protesting to be
left alone, while the man engaged in the despicable act.
Two weeks after the act, some of housemaids that
work in the home where the man guards, borrowed Zubeiru’s mobile phone to
listen to music and watch movies. After playing music, the ladies watched the
video recordings on phone and stumbled on the clip.
They waited until the following morning to bring
the video of the assault to the attention of their boss and mother of the
little girl.
The woman’s husband’s reasoning that Zubeiru should
not be confronted so that he won’t escape, was taken as they waited for day to
break to report the matter to the police who later arrested the security guard.
At the station, the accused was confronted with the
video of the assault. On watching the disgusting act on the mobile phone, the
police asked the security man why he engaged in such shameful act which he
denied.
In order to get the facts of the matter and
reconcile the doubts, the police ordered for a medical examination on the
little girl to confirm their doubts, which later showed signs of the abuse on
her.
They also carried out other medical tests on her to
be sure there is no damage to her system, and the results were still awaited at
the time of filing this report.
After obtaining the initial report, the police
again interviewed the suspect who still maintained that he never engaged in the
act. Because Zubeiru could not admit committing the offence, police detained
him pending when the other medical examination results are out.
The mother of the girl who said she has been
devastated by the incident told Abuja Metro, of how her daughter had two weeks
ago complained of pains on her genital.
According to the woman, “I really cannot believe
that this old man can do this kind of thing to my child because he works as our
security man. I really do not like his attitude as a person because of the way
he behaves. He sometimes acts like one that is mentally unstable and on several
occasions, I had warned him to stop giving sweets to my children.
“I remember that some two weeks ago, my daughter
complained of pains after urinating. I examined her and noticed something
unusual, but not much to raise my suspicion.
“But I recall asking her if anybody touched her,
but as a little child, she did not tell me anything and I did not in my wildest
imagination think that a man touched her, so I just treated her and forgot
about it. I never suspected this kind of expensive joke.”
She said that: “On the day they brought the phone
to me, it was very early in the morning, I had not woken up, but they kept
knocking on my door asking to see me. They narrated how they borrowed the
handset from the guard the previous night.
“I got so mad after watching the clip that I wanted
to fight him, but my husband advised me not to act harshly because that would
make him run away and it would be difficult for us to arrest him.”
SOURCE: DAILY SUN
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