Christopher Archibong a retired Deputy Superintendent of
Police, was arrested for
defiling a nine-year-old girl, he was paraded alongside 62
others at the Cross River State Police Headquarters on Thursday, July 6.
According to source……
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hafiz Inuwa said that
Archibong,55 committed the crime on May
31, 2017 in Calabar.
Inuwa explained that the suspect tricked the victim by
luring her into his uncompleted building to go and fetch wood for him, adding
that in an attempt for the victim to resist him, Archibong threatened to kill
her spiritually.
“On May 31, 2017 , one traffic warden officer who retired as a DSP, Mr
Christopher Archibong, 55, defiled a 9-year-old girl. On June 5 2017 , when she could no longer bear it, she informed her mother of
the incident and the case was reported to the police on June 7 2017 .”
The police commissioner said upon his arrest the suspect had
confessed to the crime, adding that he would be charged to court as soon as
investigation was concluded.
However, Archibong, told newsmen in an interview that “the
whole matter was a set up.
“I was set up by my close
neighbours who got jealous of me after I bought a piece of land to build my
house. I retired as a DSP in February this year, I am a law-abiding citizen of Nigeria