by Chi Ibe

A suspected cultist was arraigned in court yesterday, and remanded in prison custody after police at Orerokpe, Delta State, arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a seven-year-old girl.

The man was identified only as Monday raped the child at her aunty’s house in Ometa village.

According to reports, she fell ill after the incidence but for obvious reasons her aunty, Destiny did not suspect it was as result of pregnancy.

When symptoms persisted, Destiny informed the victim’s mother, a widow, who suggested she should be taken to the hospital.

The pregnancy was confirmed after a pelvic scan conducted in the clinic.

Also in Delta State, the Vanguard reports:

Meantime, police in Delta State have rescued the Principal and Vice Principal of Okuname High School, Agharho, Mr. Michael. Akpoduma and Mrs. Gerah Edith respectively, kidnapped by three gunmen, March 25.

Police officers and members of a vigilance group in the area stormed the kidnappers’ den in Okuname forest to rescue the victims, yesterday.

Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, who confirmed the the rescue of the victims said the kidnappers initially demanded N10 million and later reduced it to N5 million to free the victims, adding: “No ransom was paid.”

The principal and vice principal were driving home in the principal’s Camry car, March 25, when they were ambushed at a bad spot and seized.

They took them away in another snatched Camry, which they later abandoned.