The police
in Ogun State have arrested a 40-year-old man, Ezekiel Adegbenga, for allegedly
raping his neighbour’s seven-year old daughter.
The
Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told PREMIUM TIMES on
Thursday that the suspect allegedly committed the crime at Olufunmi Ajayi
Street in Iyana Ilogbo-Ota town of the state.
“Forty-year
old Ezekiel Adegbenga has been arrested by the men of Ogun State Police Command
for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a seven-year old girl,” Mr. Oyeyemi
said.
He said the
suspect was arrested following a complaint by the mother of the victim at Sango
Police Station.
The mother
alleged that the suspect, who is her neighbour, lured the victim into his room
under the pretense of sending her on an errand and had carnal knowledge of her
while the parents were away at work.
“Upon her
complaint, the DPO, SP Akinsola Ogunwale, detailed detectives to the scene
where the suspect was promptly arrested,” Mr. Oyeyemi said.
He said the
suspect confessed to the crime after he was confronted by the victim.
Mr. Oyeyemi
said the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, had directed that the
suspect be transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of
the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further
investigation and prosecution.
Source: Premium Times
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