An eight-year-old girl in the Karshi area of the FCT, Abuja has been defiled by a patent medicine store operator.
The 30-year- old operator simply identified as Henry allegedly defiled the minor when she went to the store to get drugs for her grandmother.
Henry gallegedly lured her to the injection room where he defiled her.
A resident of the area said that the minor’s grandmother discovered the act after searching for her when she took a long time to return from the errand.
The resident said, “It happened that around 6pm on Tuesday, September 6, an eight-year-old girl in the area was sent by her grandmother who was sick to buy drugs from a chemist.
” The shop is not far from their house and Hajia as we know the grandmother was expecting her to return quickly.
” But it took her longer than expected, so the grandmother managed to look for her.
“She found her and discovered that the owner of the shop had defiled her.
“From what we heard from her, the man lured her to the injection room where he forcefully defiled her”, the resident added.
The spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Josephine Adeh has confirmed the incident, adding that the suspect has been arrested.
She said, “The matter was reported to us.
“The suspect has been arrested and he is in our custody.
“However, investigation is ongoing on the matter. “
