A former SARS officer popularly known as Ejima has been arrested by vigilante group at Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, over alleged serial defilement.

 

 

 

The suspect, who hails from Ebonyi State, and now in police custody, is accused of defiling five underaged children from four different parents and between the ages of five to eleven.

 

 

 

On how they knew of the incident, father to two of the victims, who pleaded anonymity, said that when he got back from a church event on that day, his wife told him that the children sent to fetch water at a nearby compound for hours were yet to be back.

 

 

 

He further explained that they looked for the children everywhere possible, and when their efforts yielded no result, they decided to involve the vigilante group for a wider search.

 

 

 

The victim’s father also said that it was later in the evening that his children, along with other kids in the neighborhood came back and he started questioning them before they opened up.