Teenager rescued from hotel where she was raped in Bayelsa
Tamarauemi Ebimini
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Vigilante Service have rescued a 13-year-old girl (name withheld), who was reportedly locked up and sexually molested by men suspected to be cultists.
The victim was reportedly at a hotel facility along Bossy Water road in Tombia area of Yenagoa, the state capital.
The vigilance team also arrested a suspected culprit, one Mr. Christopher Abraham, a 37-year-old native of Ndoro comkinity in Ekeremor Local Government area of the state, and handed him over to men of operation Doo-Akpo, a police special security division in the state.
Chairman of the State Vigilante Service, Hon. Doubiye Alagba, who led members of his team on the operation, confirmed that the teenage girl said to be a native of Nembe local government area of the state, was rescued at the facility, while the suspect was arrested.
He disclosed that the suspect has already confessed that himself and his accomplice, who is now at large, are members of a cult group.
He assured members of the public of the outfit’s readiness to continue to ensure the safety of lives and properties of the citizens of the state.