A 17 year old girl identified as miss Faith has been arrested by the police in Rumuokwuta Obio’Akpor , Local Government area of Rivers State, for rejecting a man identified as James’ sexual advances after giving her money severally.
The whole issue started when the man ( James) said to have brought policemen from kala police division to carry out the girl’s arrest , at best man estate, in rumuokuta.
Relating with newsmen in Port harcourt, the teenager said she usually does pedicure for the man, and that he usually ask her to keep the change after paying for services rendered.
Miss faith said, “ James came to arrest me in my shop today. I have been cleaning his nails and each time he comes to my shop, I will clean his nails and he will tell me to keep the change. He gave me money sometime and he never told me the reason why he was giving me these money, until when he finally told me to follow him to a hotel one day, but i refused. I told him i couldn’t go to a hotel with him because he is a married man. Since then he had been telling me to sleep with him, but i refused. He then decided to bring policemen to my shop today to arrest me. They took me to the station and asked me to write a statement on how it happened and I wrote everything down.”
The state police spoke person, SP Grace koko, said that the girl had left with her parents after the DPO listened to both parties and warned the man to stop harassing the girl based on her age, as reported by PUNCH.
A Center For Basic Rights Protection and Accountability campaign Groups National Coordinator, Prince Wiro said, “ ordinarily, we would have pressed charges against the man for him to be charged for enticing and luring a minor but the parents of the girl held a different view. So we cannot cry more than the bereaved . My advice to people is that they should not hinder the police from carrying out their legitimate duties.
“ Most times complaints would miss inform the police, and it is only when the police have heard from both parties that they can make an informed decision. I equally advise our young girls to be mindful of the kind of men they accept money from. Some men can go as far as even arranging people to rape women they think collected their money, especially when they do not what they want from the women.”
