On Sunday, three men were arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, in connection with the rape of a 12-year-old girl, who was delivered of a baby girl at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State, Igberetv reports.
The men arrested in connection with the crime are: 30-year-old Joseph Arudamhe, a pastor; 59-year-old Ohue Otaifo, a herbalist; and 30-year-old Ambrose Okohere, a farmer.
After the arrest, the suspects confessed to committing the crime and have had sexual intercourse on several occasions with the girl.
The girl who is fatherless since the age of five has been staying with the pastor since she was six years old.
The pastor was said to have raped her repeatedly until she was taken away to stay with the native doctor, who also took advantage of her. She was said to have been taken to her aunt but a neighbour raped her repeatedly until she got pregnant.
The vicitm, who was delivered of a baby girl, was earlier admitted for a case of pre eclampsia — a hypertensive disorder in pregnancy and she was booked for an emergency caesarean section.
The suspects arrested will be arraigned this week.
