Uchenna Inya 
A 15-year-old girl, Mmesoma (surname withheld), was yesterday gang-raped by two boys at Nkelegu Ishieke , Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The two suspects, Chidiogu Okonkwo, 15, and Chidubem Onwe, 14, allegedly defiled the victim in her father’s house when he left her at home for his daily business in Ishieke market. It was alleged that when the father returned from the market and observed what happened to his daughter, he reported to the Ishieke police division and the girl was taken to hospital for medical examination.
Contacted, the police public relations officer in state, DSP Loveth Odah, confirmed the report and said the suspects had been arrested and they confessed to the crime. She said: “On June 16, 2020, at about 1:15pm one Fidelis Nwoye of Nkelegu in Ishieke community, in the company of her daughter, Nmesoma Nwoye 15 years, came to the station and reported that about 12pm June 14, one Chidiogu Okonkwo, 15 years and one Chidubem Onwe, 14 years, all of the same address, went to his house while he was at his shop at Ishieke and tore his daughter’s cloth and raped her. “So, police in Ishieke quickly swung into action and arrested the suspects and all of them confessed to the crime.”
