A 9-year old girl (names withheld) has been sexually assaulted by a 50 years old man in the same street with her.

We learnt the little girl went to fetch water for her mother and while on it she ran into the paedophile who called her and took her into an uncompleted building in a lonely area where he held her down against her wish and proceed to insert his fingers into her private part. She cried and struggled to free herself but he threatened to kill her and later stripped her and went ahead to rape her mercilessly.

After the ignoble and dastardly act he gave her N20 to shut her mouth.

She got home devastated and broken but she kept mute but her mum noticed something was wrong and persuaded her to open up. After a while she told the mum what happened.

The perpetrator has been arrested and detained at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Ibusa, Delta state, while the victim has been taken to the hospital where she is being treated.