Her life has been put on hold in the meantime. She has not been to school since the incident

Commissioner, Umar Garba, addressed newsmen in Amawbia to announce that Corporal Bara’u had been arrested, dismissed from the police and would be brought before a court of law before the end of the week.

“The command will ensure that justice would not only be done but seen to have been done. Nobody found guilty would be spared regardless of his position,” he assured.

The suspect had confessed luring the victim to his apartment but denied raping her, the CP told newsmen.

“The command is yet to obtain the medical report from the hospital. But the on-going investigation would detect whether the victim was truly defiled or not,” the police commissioner said.

His intervention has been lauded by the victim’s family and as a result Alh. Imam said he now has full confidence in the police to do right by the victim and her family.

“I paid the medical bills,” Alh. Imam said, “I paid for everything because the DPO of Okpoko was being dodgy. But the Police Commissioner has reimbursed me. He has taken care of everything.

“The police have taken serious actions against Corporal Bara’u Garba and the government has made promises, we have received several phone calls from people in government and a lot of people have showed concern over this incident and we believe things will be right eventually,” he said.

The path to justice is a long one and at the time of this report, the suspect had not yet appeared before a judge, contrary to what the CP promised.

While he waits his day in court, the victim is gradually trying to patch together the pieces of her life that took a dramatic turn since October 9.