School Principal Detained 5 Months Without Trial Over Alleged Rape Petitions Delta Government, Alleges Compromise In Police InvestigationThe principal of Royal Children International School, Asaba, Mr. Emmanuel Okafor, who has been detained at Nigeria Correctional Centre in Asaba, Delta state without trial in an alleged rape case, has cried out.Okafor made the allegation in a petition to the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice in the state.
But Okafor in the petition dated August 8, 2022, denied the allegation, alleging that the police investigation team led by Insp. Onyeoghani Precious arraigned and remanded him on trump-up charges. Okafor said while he was still languishing in prison custody, he “applied for the Certified True Copy of my case file from the Court and after going through it, I formed an opinion of likely frame up, compromised investigation and trumped-up charge of defilement”.
Okafor further stated,"It was observed that the alleged victim's statement to the police as evidenced in the document tagged 'statement of complainant', 'Police D19' dated 2/3/2022 at page 15 of the case file is a violation of the rights of the alleged victim. “It may interest you to know that the said IPO and his team failed to take witness' statement from the alleged victim's class teacher and the Janitor who were on duty both at the classroom and toilet where the victim alleged the incident normally takes place between herself and I.
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