Loud Whispers

Mr Christopher Archibong, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (rtd.), has been arrested by the Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl.

Parading the suspect alongside 62 other suspects, the Commissioner said the suspect committed the crime on May 31, 2017 in Calabar.

Inuwa said that Archibong, 55, lured the victim into his uncompleted building to pack woods for him and later defiled her after threatening to kill her spiritually if she resisted.

“On May 31 2017, one traffic warden officer who retired as a DSP, Mr. Christopher Archibong, 55, defiled a 9-year-old girl and raped her.

“On June 5, 2017, when the victim could no longer bear it, she informed her mother of the incident and the case was reported to the police on June 7.

“Upon his arrest, the suspect confessed to the crime and he will be charged to court soon’’, Inuwa said.

Archibong, however, told newsmen that “the whole matter was a set-up. I was set up by my close neighbours who got jealous of me after I bought a piece of land to build my house.”

“I retired as a DSP in February this year; I am a law abiding citizen of Nigeria; I did not rape the girl as alleged’’ he said.