The police in Port Harcourt have unmasked the celebrated rapists who
were reportedly students of Abia State University, (ABSU), Uturu.
The
police have been commended for unraveling the mystery behind the gang
rape at the ABSU as published in the social media in 2011.
Briefing
newsmen at the Government House, Umuahia, the chief press secretary to
AbiaState governor, Mr.UgochukwuEmezue, said the state government and
the authorities of ABSU had been vindicated by the findings of the
police which showed that the incident never happened at the university,
but in a village in Rivers State.
According to him, the police have
confirmed that the case is before Magistrate Court 9 in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State, the state capital, where the suspects are currently facing
trial.
Mr. Emezuesaid that the detractors of the state government
who did not want anything good in the government, insisted that the
event took place at AbiaState University should now hide their face in
shame.
He stated that Abia people were decent and could not indulge
in such barbaric act, urgingAbians to ignore
the antics of those who did
not mean well for the state.
The police said that contrary to the
view that rapists were students of ABSU, a team of detectives from
Rivers State had on September 7, 2012, while working on an intelligence
report, traced the husband of the victim to Obietetown in Etche local
government area of Rivers State. It was the husband who actually told
the detectives the true story behind the rape.
The man, who confirmed that the victim was his wife, said that all the suspects of the act were from the same community as him.
According to the report, the detectives were able to trace the suspects and rounded up three out of the five suspects.
They were immediately detained them, while the detectives
subsequently invited the husband where the video clip was played in the
presence of the suspects.
It was clear from the video clip that the
suspects, including the others at large, carried out the most heinous
act of rape and went on to place it on the social media.
The report
further confirms that both the suspects and the victim of the 2011 gang
rage were not students of Abia State University, Uturu.
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