Police Nab Suspect Connected to the Abduction Of 12-year-old Girl in Delta

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a suspect identified as General, one of the abductors of Blessing Imeh a 12 years old girl who was found alive with a slit throat in a septic tank in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State.

Blessing reportedly went missing on January 1, 2021 while running errands for her parents. Efforts to find her proved abortive until Tuesday, January 5, 2021 when another child who heard her cry from inside the septic tank located at the back of their house raised an alarm.

According to the victim, she said that three men abducted her, stabbed her at her back, slit her throat before she was thrown into the soak-away.

She also claimed that one of their neighbours identified as “General” was among the three men who abducted her.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, reacting to the report said General had been arrested, adding that the victim has been taken to a hospital.

She said,

“The young girl was stabbed at the back and her throat was slit, but she’s alive and receiving treatment at the moment. She said three people lured her, but she could identify one who is a carpenter and their neighbour. The carpenter, called General, has been arrested and effort is being made to arrest other suspects.”