The Akwa Ibom State Command has reported the arrest of one Pastor Solomon Ufot Oton, of Mount Zion Light House, who allegedly abducted, impregnated a teenage girl, and subsequently took her to a quack and unqualified medical practitioner for an abortion, resulting in her paralysis.
The Commissioner of Police
Olatoye Durosinmi disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday during his 4th quarter
briefing at the Command Headquarters, Uyo.
His words: “Sometime in the
year 2021, credible information had it that one Pastor Solomon Ufot Oton, a
pastor in charge of Mount Zion Light House, Oruko village in Urueoffiong Oruko
LGA abducted one Okpo Eunice Kingsley 16-year-old female of Asawana Street, in
Oron LGA and kept her in his resident for three days at the above-mentioned
village.
“The suspect threatened and
hypnotized her not to disclose his deeds to her parents. She stated that the
suspect had carnal knowledge of her during the period of the abduction and she
became pregnant.
“Later on the suspect took her
to a quack Patent Medicine dealer for abortion which got her paralyzed and was
taken to the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) for further surgical
operation. The suspect has confessed to the crime”.
The CP also disclosed that
during the last quarter of the year 2023, a total of 562 562 suspects were
arrested for various offences ranging from murder, kidnapping, Armed robbery,
Rape, stealing, etc.
He added that while some of
these suspects have been charged to court, others have either been granted bail
or are still under investigation.
He commended the state
governor, Pastor Umo Eno for providing 14 gunboats to tackle insecurity,
stressing that with the gunboats the Police and other sister agencies such as
the Navy, Nigeria Security and Defence Corps (NSCDC), would be able to take the
fight to criminal hideout in the creeks.
“Only yesterday I joined His
Excellency the executive governor and other stakeholders in the launching of
gunboats at Ikot Abasi LGA.
I commend His Excellency for
providing the gunboats as it will go a long way to tackle the security
challenges on our waterways.
“My advice once again is either
you repent and join people who are doing legitimate business like finishing, or
you relocate from Akwa Ibom State”, the CP asserted.
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