A 24-year-old man, Chinecherem Okoli, has confessed he defiled a 5-year-old child in Anambra State, with a promise to buy her groundnut.
The suspect, who hails from Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of the state, made the confession in a video that has gone viral on social media while being interrogated for the crime.
Pix: The suspect
He said he committed the crime inside a nearby bush and was apprehended after a CCTV camera in the area captured him leading the little girl into the bush. The victim was said to have been sent on an errand to buy something on the said date, Wednesday, before the suspect accosted her on the way.
Upon interrogation, Okoli, who demonstrated how he def!led the victim under a tree in the bush, also confessed that he deceitfully told her that he would buy her groundnut, which made her follow him into the bush.