Ifeanyi Dike, the UNIPORT student who defiled and killed an eight-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso, has escaped from police custody.

Dike, was caught by a local vigilante in Eliozu axis of Port Harcourt and handed over to the police, escaped Sunday night as he made to dispose of the corpse.

Sources say police have begun a manhunt for the fleeing suspect.

It should be recalled that Dike removed the eyes, vagina, a finger, and tongue of his victim before he was apprehended.