Inside Naija : Teenage boy arrested for allegedly raping 11-year-old schoolmate in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old SS2 student who raped his 11-year-old female colleague at a school in the Rumukwurusi area on the outskirts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. 

According to Punch, the suspect raped the minor in front of his friends on Friday, March 15, 2024. 

Shortly after committing the act, the boy was said to have scaled the school fence to escape but was later held by the school authorities while the girl was taken to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.

Speaking to a radio station in Port Harcourt, the mother of the girl called on the school authorities and the state government to ensure the perpetrator was brought to book.

The distraught woman said to be a widow, said she got a distress call from the school to come over immediately, saying when she got there, she saw her daughter bleeding profusely.

“The school should provide the boy that did that thing, and I want justice for my daughter. I’m a widow, and I don’t have anybody. It is just me and my children,” she said. 

As at now, the boy is in police custody.