One Okon Michael, 50, an indigene of Mbak Ekpe in Ibesikpo Asutan Local
Government Area, Akwa Ibom state, who raped a two-year-old girl has
confessed to the crime saying he was under the influence of an evil
spirit.
While being paraded on Wednesday at the Ikot Akpan Police
Headquarters of the state alongside other suspects arrested for various
offences, the accused who spoke to journalists said he didn’t know what
came over him.
Fielding questions from newsmen, Michael further
insisted that he was under the influence of an evil spirit when he
committed the crime.
“Even as I am standing before you, I do not
know what came over me and what had really happened. Someone came to my
house and told me something serious was going to happen to me but I did
not take it seriously,” the 50-year-old noted.
Meanwhile, two
other suspects, Umoh Samuel and Blessing James, paraded, blamed their
plight on their brother, Samuel James, who is now at large.
While
parading the suspects, the state Commissioner of Police, Murtala Mani,
said the suspects were arrested for various offences ranging from
illegal possession of firearms and Indian hemp. They were also arrested
for armed robbery and theft. They were apprehended at various locations
in the state through sustained patrol and intelligence sharing.