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27 year old man, Michael Akpan on Sunday raped an 11-month-old baby,
causing the baby to bleed profusely.An eye witness, who gave his name as
Great Maxy, said this happened at Idua Road, Eket, Akwa Ibom State at about 2.30pm last Sunday.
According to eye witness, the alleged rapist stays in the same
compound with the mother of the defiled baby. He said the man
successfully carried out the dastardly act when the nursing mother asked
him to look after the baby while she rushed to the market to buy
foodstuffs.
Narrating the incident, Maxy said: “I visited my sister, Pat Akpan
yesterday (Sunday) who is a medical practitioner and owns pharmacies,
one of which is located along Okpongkpong Street by Essa-Akpan, Eket
LGA, Akwa Ibom State On getting there, I noticed this sad event occurred
a bit earlier before my arrival as one Mrs Magdalene Ikpe rushed her 11
months old baby to meet her (my sister) for help as a young man of
about 27years raped the baby to his satisfaction and released sperms
inside her”.
It is gathered that the alleged rapist, Michael Akpan stays with his relatives who are Mrs Ikpe’s neighbours in the compound.
“She (the child’s mother) left the baby and asked him to look after her at about 2:30pm while she rushed to get foodstuffs at an open market called Urua Nyom Ebe at Afaha-Eket, Akwa Ibom State.
He was however beaten by those who caught him and when asked why he
committed such an abominable act, he said it is ‘the handiwork of the
devil’. He was later taken to the Police Station, Oron Divisional Area
Command.
Meanwhile, the defiled baby was referred by the pharmacist to University of Uyo Teaching Hospital for a comprehensive treatment.
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