Bus Driver And Co Gang rape 17-Year-Old Girl

An Asaba High Court has sentenced a member of a six-man gang that specializes in raping girls, identified as Chukwu Ebuka Sunday, to 35 years in jail for gang-raping a 17-year-old secondary school girl with five others now at large.

The offence was committed at Akwuebulu, within Asaba judicial division, Asaba.

The victim had narrated:  "At 11am, my mother sent me on an errand to the market. On my way, along Arthur Richard Street, Akwuebulu, one boy called Ebuka seized me by my skirt, dragged me into their compound and locked the gate.

“He brought out a cutlass and threatened to cut me with it. He then used the cutlass to hit me on my stomach and also hit himself several times started boasting that he was a strong man and a cultist.

“He then pushed me into his room and raped me. Afterwards, he called his friends on phone and five boys came and also raped me.”