Deputy Superintendent of Police rtd, Christopher Archibong who was
arrested for raping a nine-year-old girl has been remanded in Prison
custody in Calabar, Cross River State by the order of Magistrate Ochinke
Disclosing this to newsmen in Calabar on Saturday, the lawyer
handling the matter, Barrister James Ibor, who is also Executive
Secretary of Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, said the suspect was
remanded in Prison custody on Friday for raping the minor.
Ibor said the Magistrate ordered that the case file be transferred to
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice. He disclosed that
there were several attempts to compromise the investigation but was
thwarted by his organization.
“There were many attempts to compromise investigations but were
thwarted by Basic Rights Counsel Initiative with the support of Cross
River State First Lady, Linda Ayade, Stella Odey, Safe Child Africa and
CPN”.
He said the accused will remain in prison custody pending the advice
of the DPP as the matter has to be transferred to High Court. Daily Post
had recently reported that the state commissioner of Police Hafiz Inuwa
had paraded the Deputy Superintendent of Police rtd, Christopher
Archibong for allegedly raping of a 9 year old girl.
The suspect was paraded alongside 62 other suspects by the
Commissioner. He said the suspect (Rapist) committed the crime on May
31, 2017 in Calabar. Inuwa said that Archibong, 55, lured the victim
into his uncompleted building to park woods and later defiled her after
threatening to kill her spiritually if she resisted.
On May 31, 2017, one traffic warden officer who retired as a DSP, Mr.
Christopher Archibong, 55, defiled a 9-year-old girl and raped her. On
June 5, 2017, when the victim could no longer bear it, she informed her
mother of the incident and the case was reported to the police on June
7.