The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 70-year-old man identified as Eze Onoja who resides in Enugu Ezike of the state for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl.

A statement by the state Police Relations Officer, indicated that the incident took place at the Community Secondary School, Ezike where the suspect worked as a security guard.

The Superintendent of Police, said the suspect, lured his victim into a room provided for security guards in the school, where he allegedly perpetrated the act.

According to the police spokesman, luck, however, ran out of the suspect as he was caught in the act by a good Nigerian, whom the suspect was said to have tried to influence not to disclose the act to members of the public.

The police superintendent said:-

“Police operatives in the Local Government Area have arrested a 70-year-old man for alleged defilement of a girl of about 11 years old.

The PPRO stated that the suspect had confessed to the crime, blaming the act on Satan and pleading for forgiveness.

The suspect, according to police superintendent added that he had served as a security guard in the school for over 20 years and had not been found wanting.

“This is the act of Satan; please forgive me as I have not done this before,” the suspect was quoted to have pleaded. The suspect is already in police custody he would be charged to court soon.