{"id":263071,"date":"2019-04-08T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=263071"},"modified":"2019-04-08T14:30:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:30:02","slug":"ohangwena-police-arrest-taxi-driver-suspected-of-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=263071","title":{"rendered":"Ohangwena police arrest taxi driver suspected of rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa<br \/>\nTHE Namibian police in the Ohangwena region have this morning arrested a 21-year-old taxi driver accused of statutory rape.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_263074\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-263074\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/57164101_2184699001597048_630462080490668032_n-300x296.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/57164101_2184699001597048_630462080490668032_n-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/57164101_2184699001597048_630462080490668032_n.png 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: Abner Kaume Itumba. Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is alleged that he picked up a 13-years-old female resident of Okambebe village who was returning from school at Ongenga Friday afternoon, but failed to drop her off at her destination.<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nThe two eventually ended up in the driver\u2019s sleeping room at Engela in the Helao Nafidi town where they arrived at around 21:00 and spent the night together.<br \/>\n<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">According to police spokesperson Abner Kaume Itumba, worried parents spent Friday night trying to trace their missing daughter, to no avail.<br \/>\nThe girl only returned home on Saturday morning, alleging that she was raped.<br \/>\nHowever, the information at the disposal of the police appears to imply the existence of some kind of agreement between the victim and the suspect.<br \/>\nItumba said that when she was picked up at Ongenga, the taxi travelled via Okambebe \u2013 her destination \u2013 to Onandjaba where other commuters were dropped off.<br \/>\nThen the taxi picked up other commuters and again drove via Okambebe to Engela and once again the victim did not insist on being dropped off at her destination.<br \/>\nItumba is adamant that whether there was or not an agreement between the victim and the suspect is immaterial because the victim is a minor, way below the age of consent.<br \/>\nThe suspect is expected to appear in the Ohangwena magistrate\u2019s court tomorrow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa THE Namibian police in the Ohangwena region have this morning arrested a 21-year-old taxi driver accused of statutory rape. 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