A 78-year-old landlord, Chief Wilfred Ogbodo has been arrested and arraigned in court by the Enugu State Police Command for allegedly raping a 9-year-old daughter of his tenant.

Ogbodo was alleged to have lured the girl to his apartment where he allegedly forced his way on the girl.

An Enugu-based sexual assault referral center, Tamar SARC, has pledged to ensure that the 78-year-old landlord is prosecuted.

The 9-year-old victim while narrating her ordeal to the assault referral center managed by Women Aid Collective,WACOL, and funded by Justice for All (J4A), alleged that Ogbodo threatened and intimidated her before raping her.

She added that the suspect lured her into his apartment and while they were alone, he stripped her naked and had canal knowledge of her.

Her words: “He used his hands first, to rub my vagina and later, his mouth to have oral sex with me before penetrating inside me. He told me that, though his penis is big, he has to use it on me anyway, and he had sex with me in my vagina and my anus.’’

She further added that she bled profusely and Ogbodo while trying to stop the bleeding cleaned her private part with his handkerchief and shirt, just then his wife came into the room unexpectedly.

“While he was cleaning me up, the wife came knocking at the door. The wife’s knock was so loud that he later opened the door and the wife asked me, what the husband did, and I told her’’ the 9-year-old revealed.

Parents of the victim while reacting to the incident vowed to ensure that the 78-year-old landlord is made to face the wrath of the law and see that the victim gets all the medical attention she needs.