The police has arrested 18-year-old Terna Taga for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 10-year-old girl. .
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The news of the minor’s pregnancy had broke on August 4, when she was dumped in a General Hospital, Makurdi, Benue State, by an unknown person.
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It was revealed through social media reports that humanitarian activist, Mr. Ukan Kurugh, took the minor to Foundation Memorial Hospital, Makurdi, where she was delivered of a baby girl through Caesarean Section on August 5.
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Taga confessed that he was responsible for the girl’s pregnancy, adding that he slept with her twice but she consented to it.
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Speaking on the 10-year-old girl, the state Commissioner of Police, Mukaddaa Garuba, said, “Investigation revealed that the uncle was making arrangements to marry her out to a blind old man when he discovered that she was pregnant. The uncle is currently at large. The suspect will soon be charged to court.”