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A case of child molestation and rape in Delta State has taken a disturbing twist, as powerful political figures — including a top chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, and senior officials within the Delta State Police Command — have been accused of colluding to shield a serial child abuser from prosecution.
The accused, Kingsley Peres, stands accused of sexually violating his two-year-old son, Wegba Peres, and his one-year-old daughter, Ofejiro Peres, in a pattern of abuse spanning nearly two years. Despite overwhelming medical evidence and police investigations confirming the assaults, political influence has derailed efforts to bring him to justice.
According to a petition submitted to the Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) by the legal firm Obafemi Ainerua & Co., Aloaye Chambers, obtained by SecretsReporters, Loveth Peres, the estranged wife of Kingsley Peres, first discovered her husband’s depraved acts in 2023, when their son was only two years old.
Loveth, who was pregnant with Ofejiro at the time, noticed her son crying uncontrollably after his father took him into the bathroom. When questioned, the child uttered the chilling phrase: “Daddy do my bumbum.” Upon closer examination, Loveth saw that the child was bleeding from his anus, prompting an urgent visit to a nearby health center. Medical staff confirmed the boy had been sexually penetrated.
Although Kingsley Peres denied wrongdoing, the molestation allegedly continued for months, eventually leaving the boy incontinent, unable to control his bowels due to repeated anal penetration.
The abuse escalated further after the birth of their daughter, Ofejiro, in late 2023. On March 14, 2024, Loveth left home briefly to buy foodstuff, leaving her four-month-old baby in her father’s care. When she returned, she found the baby’s diaper soaked with blood. After being confronted, Kingsley confessed — partially — admitting that his fingers may have “accidentally slipped” into the infant’s vagina. Loveth recorded this confession.
In July 2024, Loveth fled the family home after another horrific incident where Kingsley again molested their baby daughter, now seven months old. Both Loveth’s family and Kingsley’s family agreed it was no longer safe for her to remain under the same roof with him.
The matter was formally reported to the Area Command in Ughelli, where police officers began an investigation. Medical examinations conducted during the inquiry confirmed multiple incidents of sexual assault on both children. In the most damning discovery, doctors found sperm inside the private parts of the one-year-old baby girl — incontrovertible evidence of rape.
The case was transferred to the Delta State Police Headquarters in Asaba, where officers appeared ready to pursue prosecution. However, from the moment the file landed at the headquarters, investigators were flooded with phone calls from prominent political figures, all demanding that the case be quashed.
At the center of this pressure campaign was Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, who reportedly intervened at the behest of Kingsley Peres’ mother, a well-connected PDP chieftain in Delta State. According to insiders, Kingsley’s mother leveraged her political influence to mobilize top officials, including senior police officers, to protect her son.
On March 3, 2025, investigators, defying the mounting pressure, attempted to take Kingsley Peres before the High Court in Ughelli to secure a remand order and request DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions) advice to formally charge him to court. But just before proceedings could begin, a counter-directive arrived from a senior officer at police headquarters — either the Commissioner of Police or a top-ranking deputy.
The directive was clear: return the suspect to Ughelli Area Command and release him — without any court order. The officers were reportedly warned that failure to comply could jeopardize their careers.
The directive was the culmination of weeks of interference, with the Speaker, powerful politicians, and top police officials working in concert to ensure that Kingsley Peres — despite the overwhelming evidence against him — would walk free.
A legal expert close to the case described the situation as a textbook example of political obstruction of justice, where personal connections and party loyalty trumped the welfare of two innocent, defenseless children.
“This is not just obstruction of justice — this is a deliberate, state-sanctioned cover-up of child rape,” said Barrister Obafemi Ainerua, the lead counsel representing Loveth Peres. “There is medical proof, recorded confessions, and yet this man is being shielded because of who his mother is. It’s appalling.”
In the face of this obstruction, Aloaye Chambers has formally petitioned NAPTIP, urging the agency to immediately take over the investigation from the Delta State Police Command, citing compromise at the highest levels of the state’s law enforcement and political institutions.
The petition calls for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Kingsley Peres, a thorough investigation into the role of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, and all other political figures who interfered with the case and disciplinary action against any police officers who facilitated the obstruction of justice.
