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Security operatives have paraded a 45-year-old man for allegedly raping his mother in Umueke Ezagbogu in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State.
The suspect, identified as Paul Ihuaku, was arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Raji Ibrahim, told journalists yesterday that the suspect was arrested following a report by some youths in the community.
NewsmakersNG learnt that the victim had reported the incident to the youth in the community, who apprehended the suspect and handed him over to security operatives.
When interviewed by journalists, the suspect confessed to the crime, but claimed that he was under the influence of alcohol.
“After drinking on that fateful evening, there was a heavy downpour and I could not resist the urge for sex; so, I had to use a local pistol to threaten my mother to submission and I later raped her. But I was under the influence of alcohol,” he said.
The mother (name withheld) told journalists that the incident was the second time.
Recounting what happened on the night, she said: “I was in the kitchen and saw him (Ihuaku) with a pistol. He used it to threaten me. He told me that he would kill me. I could not do anything other than to beg him to drop the gun.
“It was in the process that he threw me on the ground and it happened.
“I had to call on the youth the next morning, as the incident happened when it was already dark and damp. The youth later went to the NSCDC headquarters in Itu to report him, hence his arrest.”
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