Police arrest man for allegedly r@ping 19-year-old girl in Imo

The Imo State Police Command has arrested one Chigaemezu Joseph Chukwudi, for allegedly r@ping a 19-year- old girl. 

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Addressing newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Owerri, the Commissioner of Police, Audu Garba Bosso, said after r@ping the victim, the suspect made video of her and threatened to make it viral if she refuses to his further demands. 

According to the CP, the suspect lured the victim to a hotel in Owerri on the pretence that he needed her to take his measurements and sew shirts for him. 

“Detectives of the Command, on 14th May 2026 at about 1434hrs, arrested one Chigaemezu Joseph Chukwudi, male, aged 22 years, of Nduawa Arondizuogu in Ideato North LGA, at the Roundabout along Orji/Amakohia Road, Spibat Area, Owerri North LGA, for his alleged involvement in r@pe, cyberstalking, and criminal intimidation of a 19-year-old girl,” the CP stated. 

 

“Investigation revealed that the suspect allegedly deceived the victim into accompanying him to Lekim Royal Hotel and Suites, New Owerri, under the guise of taking measurements and sewing shirts for him, where he allegedly had non-consensual s3xual intercourse with her, recorded the act on his phone, and thereafter used the video to threaten, intimidate, and coerce her into further s3xual acts, with threats to circulate the video online should she refuse.

 

 

“The suspect is currently in custody while a comprehensive investigation is ongoing. 

 

 

“He will be arraigned in court upon conclusion of investigations.”