The victim had gone missing after her grandfather sent her to grind cassava in the community, according to the police.
A 21-year-old man has allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl to death inside a bush in Enugu State, south-east Nigeria.
The incident happened on 8 June in Mpole-Ubere, Ette, a community in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state.Arrest The police spokesperson said the victim had gone missing on the evening of 8 June after her grandfather sent her to grind cassava in the community.Mr Ndukwe said the victim’s body was later found in the bush after the arrested suspect confessed that he had dragged her to the bush, where he raped her until she died in the process.
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