A woman has visited Anambra Police Headquarters to identify a man she accused of raping and robbing her.
The alleged suspect was already in police custody when the woman stormed the police command.
According to her, the suspect robbed and raped her at gunpoint at a hotel in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on July 11.
She identified her phone among the phones recovered from the suspect when she complained to the Force Headquarters in Awka on Tuesday.
The suspect has been identified as Akuchieani Echezona.
He was disarmed and arrested at a popular hotel in Awka on July 20 by a team of surveillance operatives from the Anambra State Police Command.
Following the publication of the suspect’s photo, the victim stormed the Force Headquarters and identified the suspect and her stolen phone among the phones in his possession.
According to her, the suspect was among the criminals that abducted her when she boarded a tricycle along Ifite to Aroma Junction in Awka on July 11.
She said the suspect and his gang took her to a hotel within the area, dispossessed her of her personal belongings and raped her before she was allowed to go.
The state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development.
Ikenga said:
“Following the publication of a picture of the gunman arrested at a popular hotel in Awka two days ago by the Anambra State Police Command, a 24-year-old graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University has come forward to allege that the suspect robbed and raped her at gunpoint at another hotel in Awka on July 11, 2023.
“She stated that the suspect was among the criminals that abducted her when she boarded a tricycle along Ifite to Aroma Junction on 10/7/2023, took her to a hotel within the area, dispossessed her of her personal belongings and raped her before she was allowed to go.
“The victim, who looked traumatised, identified her phone among the phones recovered from the suspect.
“When interrogated on the new allegation, the suspect admitted to robbing the victim at gunpoint but denied the rape charge. He also provided names of his two accomplices.”
He added that two more pistols had been recovered from the suspect through the management of the hotel he lodged.
