Nigeria, March 20 -- The police in Imo State, south-east Nigeria, say they have arrested three men who allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl in the state.

The police spokesperson in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

Mr Okoye, an assistant superintendent of police, identified the suspects as Joseph Onyema, 35, Uzoma Nwanoreze, 30, and Eberechukwu Nwosu, 43.

The police spokesperson said the three suspects were arrested after "painstaking and diligent investigations" into the incident.

He did not, however, indicate when the incident and the arrest happened.

Mr Okoye said police investigation revealed that the suspects raped the survivor (name withheld) on different occasions which made her contract a sexuall...