A
60-year-old man, Taofeek Shotayo, is currently in police net for allegedly
having carnal knowledge of the 10-year-old stepdaughter of his neighbour, after
luring the innocent girl with N600.
The Ogun
State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the incident
happened at Obantoko area of Abeokuta.
In a
statement issued in Abeokuta on Wednesday, Oyeyemi said the suspect was
arrested on Monday following a complaint lodged at the Aregbe Police Station by
the victim’s stepfather.
The PPRO
explained that the suspect allegedly lured the victim into his room in the
Abule Aro area of Obantoko, Abeokuta, with N 600 and defiled her.
“The
complainant stated that he got to know about the incident when he and the
victim’s mother noticed a sudden change in her behaviour, which prompted them
to question her intensively.
“The victim
narrated how the randy old man slept with her after he had given her N600 and
further stated that, that was the second time he would defile her.
“Upon the report,
the DPO, Aregbe Division, DSP Ope Olasunkanmi, detailed his detectives to the
scene and the suspect was promptly arrested.
“He has made
a confessional statement to the police, while the victim has been taken to hospital
for medical attention.”
DAILY POST
learnt that Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, had ordered 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
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